Friday, July 1, 2016

Movie review: Mimic 3 – Sentinel

As a man with severe allergies to common things, Karl spends most of his time in his bedroom using photography of the outside world, particularly his apartment complex, as his hobby. When strange things start happening he, his sister, their mother, and a friend who lives in the building try and defend their apartment complex against the Judas Breed insects.

Lance Henriksen (Garbageman), Karl Geary (Marvin), Alexis Dziena (Rosy), Rebecca Mader (Carmen), John Kapelos (Det. Dumars), Amanda Plummer (Simone).

Sadly, this movie was a complete disappointment. The synopsis above is the most you will hear about the plot. It isn’t explained at all in the movie, apparently relying on the assumption that you have watched the first two already and can figure it out yourself. Speaking of the creatures, you don’t really get a look at them until well into the film and you never do get a really good look. Although they had potential it was just hard to be afraid of them.

Acting was mediocre with the best performances coming from Dziena, Kapelos and Plummer. Geary was so irritating that I kept hoping the bugs would get him!

I was also completely disappointed with the camera work in this one. The film was so dark that if you don’t have the drapes closed and the lights off you are going to miss a lot of the scenery and action. Even after adjusting TV display to make things brighter, things just didn’t show up. At the same time, some of the special effects were pretty good, and there is some nice gore. Sound was boring at best and although dialogue was okay, it really didn’t do much to further the plot or generate a connection with the characters.

Although I’ve made it sound like this one was boring, and it was, the creatures could probably still scare the stuffing out of younger kids. Young teens and above should be okay with this one.

Released: 2003
Reviewed: 6.22.16
Star rating: 2 out of 5
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Sci-Fi Thriller, Creature Features

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