Mimic

 

Mimic 1997

• Director: Quillermo del Toro
• Seen by this director: The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S Dutton, Josh Brolin, F Murray Abraham
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Mira Sorvino – Union Square, Angels Crest, Reservation Road, Lulu on the Bridge, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Beautiful Girls
• Jeremy Northam – Our Kind of Traitor, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Eye in the Sky, Glorious 39, Creation, Gosford Park, Happy Texas, Gloria, Amistad
• Giancarlo Giannini – Quantum of Solitude, Casino Royale, Fever Pitch
• Charles S Dutton – American Violet, Honeydripper, Secret Window, A Time to Kill, Alien 3, Mississippi Massalah
• Josh Brolin – Dune, Hail Caesar, True Grit, Milk, No Country for Old Men, The Dead Girl, The Mod Squad
• F Murray Abraham – Inside Llewyn Davis, Amadeus
• Why? Possibly interesting.
• Seen: 13 July 2023      

       Epidemic, vaccine, three years later, mutant killer cockroaches. Yeah, I can see the possibilities here.

       Only it’s boring. Lots of dark tunnels, yucky bugs and slimy guts, lame dialogue. I’m having a hard time bothering to pay attention.

       Not my cup of bug. 

1½ * of 5