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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Profanity Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 04/22/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Dimension Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Natural Horror See Also: Mimic [Blu-ray], Mimic [Blu-ray]

While one would imagine that the average New Yorker would be used to dealing with bugs after years of apartment dwelling, a scientific experiment gone wrong results in an insect that even Raid can't handle in this sci-fi/horror thriller. In Manhattan, cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease that is claiming hundreds of the city's children, so entomologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) uses genetic engineering techniques to create what she and her colleague (and husband) Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam) call the Judas Breed, a large insect that will feed on the disease carrying roaches. Since the Judas bugs have been designed so that they can't breed, the mutated species should die out in a matter of a few years. However, Susan, Peter, and their staff severely underestimated the cockroach's ability to adapt to its conditions. The Judas Breed has indeed found a way to reproduce itself, but more importantly, the insect has grown remarkably large (sometimes reaching six feet in length), has developed a taste for meat, and can mimic the appearance and behavior of other creatures with uncanny accuracy -- including humans. Susan and Peter have learned that huge swarms of the Judas Breed are living beneath the city in the subway system, and with the help of Leonard (Charles S. Dutton), a transit system employee who knows the labyrinth of subway tunnels like the back of his hand, they search out the humanoid insects before they can take over the city. Mimic also features Giancarlo Giannini, Josh Brolin, and F. Murray Abraham. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Mira Sorvino - Susan Tyler
Jeremy Northam - Peter Mann
Josh Brolin - Josh
Giancarlo Giannini - Manny
Charles S. Dutton - Leonard

Insectophobes beware! Spanish horror master Guillermo del Toro's creepy-crawly giant-cockroach screamer buzzes on to DVD in this thrilling package courtesy of Dimension Home Video. Featuring a 1.85:1 widescreen transfer of the giant bug-a-thon, in addition to a closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio track with optional English subtitles, viewers will be squirming in their seats in terror as Mira Sorvino and Charles Dutton face off against a genetically mutated variety of killer cockroaches beneath the streets of New York City. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide