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The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I was a fan of the original Mimic movie, but this one was poorly made, with horrible acting by the three main young actors, a stupid plot, lame dialog and bad special effects. Other than that, it was Ok.

It was simply boring from the beginning till the end. There were also some flaws, like how the Judas breed mimics its human like face.I had high expectations but it didn't give me the excitement i was looking for. Just too bad. :(I didn't like it. Wouldn't recommend it. Mimic 1 and 2 were good. 3 *vomit*.I read a review who said the 3 movies weren't connected except for the theme. But in the second movie the leading role ( forgot her name for a second) has memories of the female in the first movie...

I won't labour the details since I think most of the points I would make have already been made by others. The acting is pedestrian at best. The plot is as thin as clingfilm and is a rather poor homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window (Please note: regarded as something of a masterpiece by many).Rear window works because we see everything from the main character's (Jimmy Stewart) perspective, namely the wheelchair, in his bedroom. Everything the audience sees is from that vantage point. Jimmy Stewart's character is a helpless observer who plays no part in any activity outside his bedroom. This creates an atmosphere of claustrophobia and racks up the tension continuously. This reaches an unbearable point when he sees the murderer returning home to his apartment, which his girlfriend has just broken into, looking for evidence. This tension is created by the knowledge that Stewart is powerless to warn or help her.The same scene is recreated in Mimic: Sentinel but is completely flat and offers us absolutely no tension whatsoever. There are various other nods to Rear Window which immediately tells us that the writers didn't really have anything new or novel to say in this film. There are various plot elements that seem to do little other than fill in time (in a film which seems overly long at 78 minutes). For example when he attempts to report the danger to the police, his mother starts an intimate affair with the officer whom she had met briefly once before several years ago? Then there is the kooky, doped up sister, who walks around flapping her arms all the time. The main character is too active to be the impotent character Stewart plays but he's also too feeble to be a real hero character.Leaving the Rear Window connection, there's very little rhyme or reason to the rest of the plot. No explanation is provided for many plot elements and very little motivation is given to any of the characters. It's all just an excuse for some atmospheric shots of not very scary giant insects dragging people off into the dark and some occasional shots of blood splatter. No attempt if made to create a feeling of impending dread as any real person would have in such a situation. None of the characters are in any way sympathetic and it's hard to get worked up enough to care about the film when we don't care about any of the characters.We're left with a film which lacks the substance of Rear Window and which fails to provide any substance of it's own. I wouldn't bother spending money to rent it but if it's on TV and you're a completist who liked the other two Mimic films, then go ahead.

Mimic: Sentinel is set in New York where a sufferer of the disease Stricklers which is mentioned in the first Mimic (1997) named Marvin (Karl Geary) lives with his mom Simone (Amada Plummer) & younger sister Rosy (Alexis Dziena) in an apartment block, he can rarely venture outside his sterile room as he is apparently 'environmentally sensitive' whatever that means. So what does he do to pass the time? For the past 10 years he has taken pictures of the people in the opposite apartment block & basically spies on them, we all have to have a hobby I suppose. However his picture taking gets him into trouble when he witnesses a drug dealer name Des (Keith Robinson) get killed by someone. Marvin begins to organise an investigation into the killing & drags his sister into it but they soon find out that what killed Des wasn't human, it was in fact one of the giant mutant cockroaches from the previous films & it's up to him to stop them...Written & directed by J.T. Petty Mimic: Sentinel is the third film in the Mimic series & you know a series is in trouble when they stop numbering them after only the first two & as if by magic my fears are confirmed with this distinctly average at best horror/thriller. The script is basically Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) with killer genetically created giant bugs, if that sounds appealing to you then what are you reading this for? Go & rent it. If it doesn't sound appealing then you, like me, may not be that impressed with Mimic: Sentinel. The thing is I don't know if I missed something because the final 20 odd minutes came out of nowhere & I actually didn't really understand what was going on. For instance Lance Henriksen suddenly turns up & I honestly don't know who he was or his significance other than his photo is on the back of one of Marvin's books & he seems to know about the killer bugs. He also has this bag of stuff which I presume is the killer bugs blood so they won't attack him but I'm only guessing because that's what happened in the first film. There are other bits & pieces that I didn't understand either like the 'dead' body Rosy shows Marvin under the drain cover at the start yet even though he takes photos of it it never mentioned or seen again, maybe I did miss something I don't know. Maybe Mimic: Sentinel doesn't have any plot holes or loose ends & it's a deeply complex intricately written & thought out piece of suspenseful film-making that I was too stupid to 'get', or then again maybe it's a cheap straight-to-video poorly written & contrived horror sequel that totally rips-off Rear Window & is basically rubbish, who knows...Director Petty does OK, the film has that downbeat somewhat gray look & feel about it like the previous two with it's rundown apartment blocks. Am I the only one who found the constant scenes shot through the lens of Marvin's camera highly annoying, I can't be surely? Also was I the only on who thought this film was far too dark to the extent where it actually became almost impossible to see what was going on at times? The special effect's are used sparingly & are OK but nothing that's going to impress you that much, the giant bugs don't feature that much which doesn't help. The gore is minimal, there's some blood splatter & someone is impaled on the giant bugs pincers (or whatever they are) but not much else to get excited about.Technically Mimic: Sentinel is alright & has that Hollywood polish about it, it's well made enough for sure with decent production values. The acting isn't that good & the always great Henriksen has nothing more than a glorified cameo.Mimic: Sentinel is an OK watch, I didn't think it was anything special & not as good as the previous two but that's just my opinion for what it's worth. Worth a watch if your desperate but don't bust a gut to see it.