Mimic - Special Edition

An absolutely cracking monster flick. Mutant cockroaches are breeding in the New York sewers, not just getting big but getting smart as they learn to disguise themselves as their prey, and guess who their prey is...that's right us! Joking aside this is a really good looking picture and when we are taken down into the old abandoned subway stations for the last half and big finale of the show you realise this isn't a B-movie at all but a rather big budget romp that will scare you and give you more than one or two thrills.

Great earlier horror movie--mira sorvino, fun and definitely entertaining, with shocks and grisly deaths throughout its running time-the movie is reminiscent of "Them"-the 50s picture starring james whitmore, in structure and ideas. Del toro showing a grasp of what has made him a great fantasy director. the movie has wit and shocks, if you like hellboy 1&2, you will probably enjoy this...

The more observant of you will have noticed a 3 disc 'collector's edition' being sold by Amazon alongside the 'director's cut'. This Italian 3 disc edition contains the theatrical edition on the first Blu-ray, the director's cut on the second Blu-ray and a third DVD disc containing some extras. The two Blu-rays containing the theatrical and director's cuts are the films and nothing more [with removable Italian subtitles]. Personally, I don't think the director's cut adds much to a film that was pretty good already. The great thing about this edition is you can choose which version you want too watch. If you're expecting the director's commentary from Del Toro then you need to buy the single disc Blu-ray director's cut. However, as mentioned before, there are a few interviews in SD on the third DVD. There are interviews with Charles Dutton [1 minute], Jeremy Northam [25 seconds], Josh Brolin [1 minute, 38 seconds], Mira Sorvino [1 minute], two interviews with director, Del Toro [3 minutes 25 seconds and 25 minutes ] and a few minutes of behind-the-scenes footage. As this is an Italian disc, it will start in Italian but there is the standard English soundtrack available. Unfortunately, there are no English subtitles on this 3 disc edition.

I have seen this film before and I like it. The director, Guillermo del Toro is a master director of horror films. However, the main reason for me purchasing this blu-ray is to view the film in high definition and man I was not disappointed. The quality of the blu-ray is excellent and well worth it. The picture image and sound is very good. A good buy at a good price.

Mimic imitates previous creature features but fails to copy their innovation. Low budget horrors were of high saturation during the 90s, as directors attempt to blend CGI with prosthetics to enhance the quality of their films. From 'Tremors' to 'Alien: Resurrection', the combination of sci-fi and horror was particularly popular during this decade. So much so, that Del Toro's first foray into American cinema was exactly that with Mimic. An entomologist releases a species of insects to cull cockroaches that are carrying a disease, however years later these creatures have drastically evolved and are now killing humans. Dank, dark and gloomy, you know it's a Del Toro production when it features characters crawling in sticky residue. The germaphobes and entomophobes among you may feel repelled to watch this, with Del Toro not shying away from showcasing scenes of squeamish nature throughout the "Frankenstein"-like plot. Rubbing insect blood into skin, faces slowly being bitten off and plenty of legs crawling through abandoned subway stations. It relishes in the roots of its sub-genre, but that entertainment does not hold strong for long. The first act starts strong, with concise scientific exploration into the world of insects, featuring a glorious ant colony in the largest glass container I've seen. The narrative plants seeds, inevitably growing into a promising gruesome horror. That promise is shattered once the second act arrives as the pace stagnates almost entirely. Characters go wandering down into sewers or abandoned buildings, giant cockroach creature appears, minimal death sequence, rinse and repeat. The third act slowly picks up but rapidly wastes supporting characters as they are forgotten about or killed off, leaving the uninteresting characters alive. The environment never felt substantial or varying enough, as if the entire film was just a blur of dampness. It lacked memorability and frankly became sluggish. The empty scientific reasoning only adds to the stupid premise, but you roll with it. The serviceable acting and mediocre visual effects still makes this lesser horror watchable.

I don't think this is one of GDT's best films, but this bluray is excellent value. It looks and sounds great, has a good commentary, and comes with several other fascinating extras. Taken altogether it's great value.

This was a movie that I always loved,I had seen it in shops over the last few years and it was 25 euro,so to be able to get as a special offer,it was great

Review of the Blu-ray version Mimic was Guillermo del Toro's first major studio film and, easy to say, not a great experience for him as his original vision was steadily hacked away by endless producer interference. The film that remains is an odd hybrid of dumbed-down monster movie with some remaining visual invention and interesting story elements. This disc is an attempt to get back to something closer to del Toro's planned film and the interesting commentary track from the director details all the issues with the production and what could have been. While this "director's cut" attempts to recover some of the producer-induced damage, most of the issues with the film were at the basic script and design level, so much of what del Toro planned was never filmed and thus is not available to restore. Overall - at face value this is an OK monster movie but also, for fans of Guillermo del Toro, an interesting insight into what his first studio film *could* have been.