Following up on the 1997 "Mimic" movie, this 2001 sequel is as most sequels are; not quite as good as the first movie, but still trying though.
It was a continuation of sorts of the 1997 movie, except without an impressive cast as in the first movie. That being said, then don't get me wrong, because the cast in "Mimic 2" were still good enough and doing fine jobs with their characters and roles.
The story is essentially the same as in the first movie, with the Judas strain cockroaches are taking over an old, rundown school and start preying on the humans in the area. And a small group of people take it upon themselves to fight the menacing insects.
It wasn't the brightest of stories, granted, but it was a good enough continuation of the "Mimic" franchise and concept. "Mimic 2" turned out to be only a mediocre movie experience in my opinion, falling short of the 1997 original movie which started it all.
Alix Koromzay (playing Remi) and Bruno Campos (playing Det. Klaski) were carrying the movie quite nicely.
I found the ending of the movie to be too much. How the Judas strain were able to evolve and mimic that was just a bit too much. I doubt that nature evolves that fast. But there were some nice effects throughout the movie, which did work quite well in favor of the movie. And as in the first movie, the creature / cockroach designs were quite good, and added a lot to the movie.
However, all in all a mediocre movie which really didn't bring all that much new material to the table, so to speak. And it is a movie that can be watched as a stand-alone movie, because it supplements on the 1997 movie, it doesn't evolve on it.
It was a continuation of sorts of the 1997 movie, except without an impressive cast as in the first movie. That being said, then don't get me wrong, because the cast in "Mimic 2" were still good enough and doing fine jobs with their characters and roles.
The story is essentially the same as in the first movie, with the Judas strain cockroaches are taking over an old, rundown school and start preying on the humans in the area. And a small group of people take it upon themselves to fight the menacing insects.
It wasn't the brightest of stories, granted, but it was a good enough continuation of the "Mimic" franchise and concept. "Mimic 2" turned out to be only a mediocre movie experience in my opinion, falling short of the 1997 original movie which started it all.
Alix Koromzay (playing Remi) and Bruno Campos (playing Det. Klaski) were carrying the movie quite nicely.
I found the ending of the movie to be too much. How the Judas strain were able to evolve and mimic that was just a bit too much. I doubt that nature evolves that fast. But there were some nice effects throughout the movie, which did work quite well in favor of the movie. And as in the first movie, the creature / cockroach designs were quite good, and added a lot to the movie.
However, all in all a mediocre movie which really didn't bring all that much new material to the table, so to speak. And it is a movie that can be watched as a stand-alone movie, because it supplements on the 1997 movie, it doesn't evolve on it.