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Waste of time

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Surprisingly decent direct-to-video third film in the Mimic franchise. The giant humanoid New York City cockroaches are back and put an apartment complex under siege. In the film's favor, Lance Henriksen plays the human baddie, which always helps, the special effects are nicely icky, there's a fun riff on "Rear Window," and best of all there's a surprising amount of character development. And Amanda Plummer even makes an appearance. Nothing great, but better than I expected and better than the second film in the franchise.

Not sure why they even bothered making this film. Oh, yeah. I do. The Almighty Dollar - as good a reason as any, I guess.You know a film sucks when you find yourself screaming at the screen, telling the inept characters to do things they're supposed to, not stupid things that simply propel the story along its collision course. There were so many unanswered questions about the story that I don't know where to begin. I'm not even going to attempt that feat here because I'm signed in with Comcast Xfinity and I have only one hour of WiFi. I like how the movie was too cheap to actually show the apartment building burning down, the hospital the sick kid showed up in, the emergency vehicles that carted him off in the first place, etc. (The director got away not showing anything by having the camera kept close-up on the kid's face and by using soundbites of events that should be visualized). The film had a saving grace, however. It clocked in at 87 minutes. Good. Ten more minutes of that ineptitude and I would've had a stroke. And don't even get me started on the creature effects, or the fact that people go missing left and right, and gunshots go off left and right, and nary a police officer is in sight (other than the clown who showed up to bong the sick kid's mother).

I have watched the first two films and they are better than this. Inspite of some good reviews about this movie but I think you should stay away from this if you expect it to be like its predecessor. For those who enjoy more action, horror or thriller, you are going to be disappointed. This movie has about 10 minutes of action and the rest of it is just a drama. Yeah, some people may consider this as a thriller drama where the fear is more psychological than blood and gore and explosion and other physical stuff that make you high but I prefer a straight thriller/horror/action movie just like the first two. Well, if you like a peeping-tom kind of movie then maybe this one is just for you but if you are like me, then spend your time and money on something else.

A 24-year-old man was one of the children afflicted with Strickler's syndrome ten years ago. He's still weakened, and he spends his days in his room, peeping on the other people in his slum area. He lives there with his sister and their mother, and he starts meeting a young woman he's been infatuated with from afar. Together, the three(not the parent) begin suspecting that something is going on. And for those who haven't watched the original, these three are about insects the size of men being the (unexpected) result of genetic manipulation. This one doesn't go into detail about that. The pitch for this was Rear Window with giant cockroaches... and, yeah, that's about what we get. A gradual pace, little "action"(until the last five or ten minutes of the 70 minute running time... the climax is incredible, if it lacks proper setup, and this doesn't end so much as merely... stop), and hints are favored over directly seeing anything(we'll usually only see the aftermath of attacks, or brief bits of them, we use our imagination instead of seeing something graphic). Is the RW approach anything other than a gimmick? Sadly, no. We don't get the clever commenting on voyeurism and "good neighboring" that Hitchcock gave us half a century ago. In portions, this is like an inferior remake of it, "with a twist". Being trapped in a room with a still camera feels distracting and at times annoys, when it should make us feel powerless(another thing the master of suspense did impeccably well). We're back to a mystery... the first sequel was a straight-forward creature feature. You're likely to love or hate this, partially depending on how you feel about the style of this. There are not very many characters, and the ones that should be tend to get developed. I found Rosy to be cute, with her energy and enthusiasm, and sympathized with Marvin for his forced isolation. Others will disagree(I've seen others call them "impossible to like"). I cared greatly when there was peril in this. To me, this was gripping, and I followed the occurrences attentively. The acting is reasonable enough. This has effective tension. The sound design, and in general the editing and direction(I will keep an eye out for future projects by J.T.) of this has fantastic timing and are skillfully done. These bugs(with a chilling determination to them, a "purpose" to their behavior) in this are truly terrifying, if we do eventually see a tad too much of them, and the CGI does not hold up. There is cheese in this, it doesn't take itself *entirely* seriously. The practical FX are well-done, with a few exceptions. This hides its low budget pretty well. There is a lot of disturbing content, a bit of strong language and a little bloody, gory violence in this. The DVD comes with an interesting, informational and funny commentary track by Petty, a fine 15 minute behind-the-scenes featurette and 18 minutes of cast auditions. I recommend this to anyone this appeals to. 6/10