Sadly Over-hyped

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

In Manhattan, children are dying from a new lung ailment, Stickler's Disease, spread by cockroaches. Dr Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam) pleads with an entomology expert, Dr Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) to help him find a solution to destroy or disable the roaches. After viewing kids struggling to breathe, she does so. Using genetic engineering, the lethal insects are modified to stop reproducing. All is well. Or, it is it? Now, three years later, Peter and Susan are married and hoping to start a family. But, we see a mysterious dark being stalk a man and pull him into a sewer. Then, Susan receives a strange, rather large insect from a child, as a swap for money. This "baby" bug only resembles the modified cockroach in DNA. So, somehow the buggers are still reproducing and may be in the sewer system. As Peter, Susan, a shoeshine man named Manny (Giancarlo Giannini) and others (Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton) search for the secrets, what they discover chills the blood. The insects are HUMAN SIZE and mimic their creator, Susan, by appearing as a part insect, part human with powerful wings and claws. Unless they can stop the population, humankind is most likely doomed. Who will win? This stylish "mimic" of Alien is quite compelling but gruesome. Especially troublesome is the death of children at the hands of the bugs, something that usually doesn't happen in horror films and the overall bloody demises of various characters. Yet, even so, don't be scared off if you like science/horror movies. The cast is wonderful, while the artistic images and effects are fabulous. Also worthy are the script and make-you-jump direction. Mimic may resemble Alien, but it can stand on its own as solid entertainment.

An Elegant Portrayal of Excrement and Other Disgusting Displays have a Director's Touch that is Absent in a lot of These Types. The Soft Muting Coloring and the Attention to Detail on the Sets and Creatures Make This One a Must See for Horror Fans.Mira Sorvino Leads the Cast with an Early Josh Brolin, F. Murray Abraham, and Alexander Goodwin as an Autistic Youth, Standing Out. The Story is Simple but Compelling. Sorvino's Scientist Introduces a Lab Created Insect to Fight Indigenous Insects Carrying a Devastating Plague. Of Course, Things Go Horribly Wrong and Now Humanity is Faced with Bugs, Six Foot Tall Mimicking Human Faces, Breeding Like Insects and Ready to Take Over the World. The Third Act, in the Sewers, is Slimy, Scary, with Thrills of Gore Galore. The Creatures are Rendered with Incredible Believability Considering what was Needed to Pull This Off. Recommended for those with Strong Stomachs, and Claustrophobics Better Stay Away, Because the Confinement and Feeling of Entrapment Permeates the Proceedings.There is Religious Symbolism with a Wanted Intervention by Jesus Making its Way Into the Frame Now and Then. But the Strength of the Film is the Beautiful Way it Renders All of the Grotesque Goings On. No Mean Feat, but This is at Once a Mean, Yet Sometimes Touching and Sensitive Film.

I first saw this film when I was around 12. I enjoyed it but didn't really remember any of it apart from how creepy the Judas Breed was. Now 27 and being a huge Del Toro fan I decided to rewatch this and when I heard how Del Toro had disowned this movie because of studio meddling but had now released a director's cut that he was happy with, I had to check it out.I still enjoyed it and thought the first half of the film was fantastic, dark, creepy atmosphere with a great premise but to me once the whole cast descend into the tunnels the films goes a bit downhill.It becomes too typical Hollywood monster action movie and we see way too much of the Judas Breed which loses its creep factor it had in the first half. The ending as well is too Hollywood for a Del Toro film.The director's cut adds in a few more scenes which explains things a little more but don't improve the movie much at all, so if you hated the theatrical cut you wont like this version much more.Overall it's an enjoyable film and if you're a Del Toro fan or monster movie fan check it out just know its not one of his best but had lots of potential. If he had made it nowadays it could have been great.6/10

If you like Alien, Predator etc you will love this. Stop reading the reviews, ignore the ridiculously low rating and seek out the proper version of this movie (ie the Directors cut). Del Toro has produced a masterpiece here and it's a tragedy it's not better known. This is one of those examples at IMDb that makes me distrust the ratings system and yet again proves the better rated flicks are often not that good while the ones with mediocre ratings are very often well worth watching.The creatures are worth the price of admission all on their own. Plus Mira looks awesome when she's covered in bug excretion and subway grime! WATCH IT!! :)