When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New York City, evolutionary biologist Susan Tyler and her research associates rig up a species of "Judas" bugs and introduce them into the environment, where they will "mimic" the diseased roaches and infiltrate their grubby habitats. So far so good...until the bugs keep on evolving and learn to mimic their next prey--humans. Noirish, dazzling production work ensconces reliably creepy bug-related thrills. Based on the short story by Donald A. Wolheim.
Steven Soderbergh rewrote much of the script for MIMIC but was uncredited.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus: Chapter Search
Director of Photography
Dan Lautsen:
Production Designer
Carol Spier: Production Designer
Special Effects
FXSmith:
Special Effects
Hybride Technologies:
Special Effects
The Character Shop:
Story
Donald A. Wolheim: Author: short story "Mimic"
Special Effects
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures: digital effects company; CEO William Shatner
Review 1:
"...Del Toro is an expert at the ominous, using a striking visual sense to drench his films with an atmosphere suffocatingly thick with undefined menace..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F20 08/22/1997
Review 2:
"...Stylishly directed by Guillermo Del Toro, whose visual sense adds a certain texture that makes everything scarier and more effective..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.38 08/22/1997
Review 3:
"...Ominous....The bugs move with scary agility, and the sounds are highly evocative..."
Source: New York Times
p.C3 08/22/1997