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The second sequel in the horror franchise begins after the cockroach plague of the first film devastated New York City. It follows Marvin (Karl Geary), a young man whose various respiratory illnesses have forced him to live in a protected plastic encasing. Saddled with being known as the bubble boy as well as with a dysfunctional family, Marvin retreats to his own corner of the world, which is whatever he can see out of his bedroom window. However, when the flesh hungry mutated cockroaches invade the neighbourhood, Marvin must band together with his family to survive.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Anthony Lee
Format:DVD
The 'Judas breed' returns for this third movie, an effective re-working of Donald A. Wollheim's 1942 short story, MIMIC. New writer-director J.T. Petty assembles a mainly young cast for this drama of urban horror as giant insects, capable of human disguise, stalk and kill the residents of a grungy housing estate. Housebound by his severe allergies, 24-year-old Marvin (Karl Geary) makes a hobby of voyeurism, watching and photographing his neighbours, so he's the first to suspect that a spate of mysterious disappearances are really horrific murders.
Local cop Dumars (John Kapelos) is far more interesting in romancing Marvin's widowed mother Simone (Amanda Plummer), than tackling street crime, so it's up to Marvin's errant sister Rosy (Alexis Dziena), and his potential girlfriend Carmen (Rebecca Mader), to help investigate the suspicious behaviour of local misfit nicknamed `Garbageman' (the great Lance Henriksen), and it turns out that he's the only one who knows what's really going on in their otherwise quiet neighbourhood...
Paranoia turns into terror when flying monsters emerge from the shadows to maim and slaughter, and the CGI presented here is generally excellent, adding high quality visuals to the suspenseful plot, and enhancing many of the intensely claustrophobic action sequences. A sense of dread pervades the second half of this film's brief yet incident-packed running time, and the climactic encounter with fierce soldier-caste big-bugs!
Local cop Dumars (John Kapelos) is far more interesting in romancing Marvin's widowed mother Simone (Amanda Plummer), than tackling street crime, so it's up to Marvin's errant sister Rosy (Alexis Dziena), and his potential girlfriend Carmen (Rebecca Mader), to help investigate the suspicious behaviour of local misfit nicknamed `Garbageman' (the great Lance Henriksen), and it turns out that he's the only one who knows what's really going on in their otherwise quiet neighbourhood...
Paranoia turns into terror when flying monsters emerge from the shadows to maim and slaughter, and the CGI presented here is generally excellent, adding high quality visuals to the suspenseful plot, and enhancing many of the intensely claustrophobic action sequences. A sense of dread pervades the second half of this film's brief yet incident-packed running time, and the climactic encounter with fierce soldier-caste big-bugs!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By David Eade
Format:DVD
The original "Mimic" was a strong horror-thriller with a fine B-list cast. "Mimic 2" was a poor follow-up that made little sense. "Mimic 3" is just awful. Why they entrusted this to a student filmaker is beyond me (probably because he was cheap). The acting is uniformly amateur. Special mention must go to the actress who plays the sister, giggling when she finds a corpse (although this may be the writer/director's fault). Amanda Plummer, who plays the mother, must be thinking about sacking her agent. Lance Henriksen is as good as ever, but has he learned nothing about horror sequels - Hellraiser 8, Pumpkinhead 4, anything with the word "Alien" in the title? Why does the reviewer Stuart Vernon say "There wasn't all that much in here that was really all that good" and then give it 4 stars?! The original was only worth 3! Do not waste your money on this. If you do, you'll only wonder why I didn't tell you how bad it really is. Breaking news in 2012 - there has never been a "Mimic 4".
By j
Format:DVD
If you enjoyed mimic 1 and 2 you may be tempted to explore mimic 3, ..... this is not a good move. It drags its way through the first 3/4 then remembers its supposed to be scary and tries to cram it into the end ... and runs out of time you keep watching it expecting it to pick up but it dose not . Your kind of relieved when everyone gets killed - as you will not care what happens to any of the characters...by the end you'll just want it to be over !
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