Movie
Mimic
Overview
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-08-22
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Dimension Films
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mira Sorvino as Susan Tyler
- Jeremy Northam as Peter Mann
- Giancarlo Giannini as Manny
- Charles S. Dutton as Leonard
- Josh Brolin as Josh
- Alexander Goodwin as Chuy
- Alix Koromzay as Remy
- F. Murray Abraham as Dr. Gates
- James Costa as Ricky
- Javon Barnwell as Davis
- Norman Reedus as Jeremy
- Ho Pak-Kwong as Preacher
Crew
- Guillermo del Toro - Director
- Matthew Robbins - Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro - Screenplay
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