MIMIC
Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam
Miramax Films; Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Rated R; 105 minutes; 1997
Two years ago, a brilliant scientist (Mira Sorvino) and her husband (Jeremy Northam), a department health official, teamed up to save New York City from a budding infectious disease that killed dozens of people. But now, what seemed like a stroke of genetic engineering genius is coming back to haunt them with a vengeance. They’ve altered the balance of nature, and nature is striking back in this high-energy thriller.
REVIEWS
"Two thumbs way up! Spectacularly exciting! This is really big-time filmmaking. A real original . . . superior! New, fresh and scary!"
- Gene Siskel and Robert Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT
"It works as both pulp and poetry! It gets scare shivers tickling the lay audience while connoisseurs nod sagely at the canonical resonance."
- Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE
"A heart-pounding, sci-fi thriller!"
- Greg Procaccino, ABC-TV
"An elegant scare picture! A virtuoso at tension and atmosphere. An effective successor to SCREAM that is also a feast for film buffs."
- Ray Sawhill, NEWSWEEK
"A smart, hip adrenaline rush! This is what going to the movies is all about."
- Michael Calleri, CBS-TV
"Truly terrifying!"
- Wes Craven
"Terrifying!"
- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Intense, intelligent and brilliantly directed!"
- David Croneberg
"Scary, smart and relentless!"
- Clive Barker
ONE SHEET LINER
For thousands of years, man has been evolution’s greatest creation...Until now.