The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
By: Jamie Hall
Inspired by late author Stieg Larsson’s successful trilogy of books comes, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Easily the most recognizable of the three now, with the recent US remake.
Dragon Tattoo tells the story of Mikael Blomkvist – a struggling journalist who is having financial woes, and Lisbeth Salander – a supreme, ruthless computer hacker. Both are hired by Henrik Vanger to help in the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, his niece. Henrik suspects she may have been killed by a family member. Mikael and Lisbeth initially communicate through a series of emails leading them to eventually meet face-to-face. As the pair dig deeper into the mystery, their lives become more in danger by the second.
I need to mention that I have not read any of the books, my review is based solely from the film. I’m not sure how close director Niels Arden Oplev stayed to the book, but his direction and screenplay were really crisp. There is alot of subject matter in the movie and he handles it really well. The way he blends romanticism, mystery, rape, torture, and revenge is pretty incredible. We go from one extreme to other with ease, a credit to Oplev’s seamless storyline. With so many aspects and so much depth, this is certainly a film worth watching multiple times. I really dug the dark, gothic feel the movie has. The autumn/wintery setting helped with that vibe, and the cinematography enhanced the backdrop. My only gripe is the final act, I was hoping it wouldn’t go the way it did – bit of a letdown. The two-hour plus running time may be an issue for some, but I can assure you – it doesn’t feel like it.
Now for THE star of the film, Noomi Rapace. The woman was born for this role, there is really no other way to put it. Each scene was so effortless, and her gothic look only adds to an already dark feel. What makes her character different is that we(the viewer) don’t feel anything sinister from her, instead you feel a sense of calm when she hits the screen. The amount of range shown is really phenomenal.
For those that want to see/haven’t seen this version or the US remake – be warned. There is onscreen rape and an oral sex situation. Unlike some horror films, these scenes are not meant to exploit any characters or the situation they are in. Instead, they help in telling the story and gives us a sense of vulnerability within the film.
Despite my minor gripe with the final act, I was very impressed with the film. The story is compelling, griping and takes you through a range of emotions that will leave you feeling more than satisfied in the end. Dragon Tattoo is more than just a crime thriller; it’s a deep, multi-leveled mystery. One viewing really isn’t enough to appreciate just how exceptional this adaptation is.
The acting is really superb as well, & I have to mention Michael Nyqvist, who was also great. I have heard comparisons to Silence of the Lambs …. and the similarities are here, imo.
Great film, check it out … if you haven’t already.
Warlock: The Armageddon
By: Thomas Mitchell
In 1989, a little unknown movie swooped in under the radar and introduced a very unique and interesting villain, the Warlock. Made for less than 10 million, Warlock was a little tale of good versus evil that took the Warlock from 17th century Boston, to 20th century Los Angeles. It was a solid little horror movie that really introduced Julian Sands to the world. In 1993, Julian Sands would return to the same role that made him fairly famous.
Warlock: The Armageddon opens on a group of druids who hold mystical rune stones over a woman who is about to give birth to the Warlock(Julian Sands). Once every 1,000 years, the son of Satan is given a chance to walk in our world and destroy it. The druids use the stones to prevent the Warlock’s birth, but ultimately fail, because they are attacked by a group of devil worshipers, and all but two of the stones are stolen and spread throughout the world. Fast-forward to 1993. On the eve of a lunar eclipse, the Warlock is born in gruesome fashion, and is tasked by Satan to retrieve all six rune stones, so they can unleash Armageddon in six days. Standing in his way are a group of modern-day druids, led by Will Travis(Steve Kahan), Franks(R.G Armstrong) and Ethan Larson(Charles Hallahan). When they discover that the Warlock has been born, they have to find Will’s son, Kenny(Chris Young), who is unknowingly, a druid warrior. But the only way Kenny can fight the Warlock is to die and then be reborn. His girlfriend, Samantha(Paula Marshall)is also a warrior, and together they are the only thing standing between the Warlock and the Armageddon.
When Warlock first opened, it had a villain that while powerful, was still human to a certain degree, he got beaten up, stabbed, captured, and catapulted through time. In Warlock: The Armageddon, the Warlock is truly a supernatural bad-ass. He’s practically invincible, and is more or less an actual demon this time around. This movie is also a bit more gruesome than it’s predecessor. The Warlock’s birth is particularly gruesome. There’s really not much to say about the acting, other than Julian Sands STILL kicks ass as the Warlock. He’s got these eyes that very piercing, and makes you uncomfortable as if he’s staring right through you. In this film, the Warlock is an unstoppable evil force hell-bent on releasing his father and destroying the world. There is still magic in this film, but it’s more telekinetic than anything, and Warlock: The Armageddon is full-on horror instead of fantasy. As a result, I don’t think it works as well as the first film, partially because The Armageddon takes itself too seriously, whereas the first film didn’t. The special effects are certainly an improvement, with the exception of some shoddy CGI, but the practical effects are impressive. When the Warlock is on screen all hell breaks loose and it’s impressive, especially the final act. It’s damned impressive.
Warlock: The Armageddon is a sequel in name only, since it really has nothing to do with the previous film except the titular character. And he’s not even human at all in this film. He’s a full-fledged demon. Which in context with the movie, makes sense, and having him invincible to nearly everything certainly makes for tense situations. Kenny’s training is just…there. And how the hell does Sam know she’s a warrior like Kenny? Some things just don’t make sense. There’s also a little scene in which Will and Franks discover a spell that can hurt a Warlock. I’m guessing that was some kind of throwback to the original film’s portrayal of magic. It comes across as forced here.
On the whole, I would say that Warlock: The Armageddon is a decent horror film, but it fails to capitalize on what made the first film so memorable. Namely, the whole time-travel and fish-out-of-water schtick. While ludicrous, the first film, didn’t take itself seriously at all, and that’s what made it work. The sequel takes itself too seriously and some of the acting is just overdone. Julian Sands still makes a great villain, however. But he didn’t appear in the third Warlock film. I’ll be honest: Warlock: The Armageddon was the first real horror movie that I actually saw that I could understand, and got me into the genre. When I first saw it, I thought it was the coolest thing. Now, that nearly twenty years have passed since I saw it, it’s still a lot of fun, but it’s not one of the better horror films of the nineties. If you like supernatural horror, you could certainly do worse. I give Warlock: The Armageddon a respectable 8.5/10
Warlock
By: Thomas MitchellWarlock opens in 1691 when a group of magistrates head to a tower in Boston to pass sentence on a vicious and brutal warlock(Julian Sands), who just happens to be Satan’s only son. The person responsible for the Warlock’s capture, Redferne(Richard E. Grant), goes with them to see the Warlock put to death. After a brief confrontation, the Warlock and Redferne are magically whisked into the future. 300 years later, the Warlock wakes up in a house that’s being rented by Kassandra(Lori Singer). Kassandra is cursed by the Warlock to age “a decade twice over a day,” which means she will die in less then a week if she can’t reverse the spell. Completely out of his element is Redferne who is on the trail of the Warlock. Together with Kassandra, they discover the Warlock’s true motive: To find the Grand Grimoire, the bible of black magic which holds the true name of God, the word invoked during creation. Should the name be spoken in reverse, all of creation will be destroyed. While Friday The 13th eventually had Jason, Nightmare on Elm Street had Freddy Krueger and Hellraiser had Pinhead, I think one of the most unique villains in horror was the Warlock, played by Julian Sands. In fact, it is Warlock that put Julian Sands on the map. Sands would go on to star in Arachnophobia, Warlock: The Armageddon and Rose Red. Julian Sands is the real star of this movie, portraying a witch that encompasses so much evil that he doesn’t even have his own name besides the title. It makes the character terrifying because you know nothing about him, except that he is extremely powerful and works to destroy the world.
Also starring is Richard E. Grant as Redferne. It’s quite humorous to see someone from the 17th century end up in the 20th. He is truly a fish out of water. It’s funny because Redferne’s reactions are exactly what would happen if someone from colonial times ended up in our world today. And yet, despite the world changing so much since his time, Redferne is determined to find the Warlock and kill him before he destroys all of creation. One thing I should mention is that there is time travel in this movie. Not into the past, but into the future. Don’t try to figure that out. Warlock works not just as a horror film, but also a fantasy film, because there’s a lot of magic involved. It’s horror, because the result of said magic is violent death. Granted, most of it is off-screen, but it’s no less unsettling. One of the creepiest scenes is when the Warlock seeks the wisdom of a person who “channels” spirits. He ends up cutting out her eyes so they can point him in the direction of the Grand Grimoire. One of the things that work in this movie, is that while the Warlock is powerful, he’s still fairly human, which means he gets beat up and stabbed a lot. The final confrontation between Redferne and the Warlock is spectacular. While the special effects are very archaic compared to today’s films, they are serviceable. The film was made for less than 10 million, so it wasn’t a real blockbuster budget. While there are issues with the film’s logic(the time-traveling into the future, for one), it’s well-paced. While Julian Sands is the real star of the show, Richard E. Grant proves that he can hold his own. Grant would later go on to star in Hudson Hawk and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Overall, Warlock is one of those movies that a lot of people really didn’t pay attention to, and it’s a shame. It had a fairly unique, yet simple story with a fantastic villain and bizarre hero. Warlock wound up with two sequels, Warlock: The Armageddon which also starred Julian Sands and Warlock III: The End of Innocence, which starred Bruce Payne in the title role. Honestly, if you want a movie that combines fantasy and horror successfully, Warlock will definitely fit the bill. It’s a lot of fun, doesn’t take itself too seriously and has great performances from its leads. I give Warlock a solid 9/10.
Plague Town (Titan Books)
In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu. They are dying- but not for long…
Plague Town, the new novel be Dana Fredsti, takes the zombie apocalypse lore and runs with it. In the book we meet Ashley Parker, a student at the university and all around everyday gal. Her world is turned upside down one night as she and her boyfriend are attacked by the walking dead. It is through this encounter that she learns she is a Wild Card. Immune to the zombies bite, she is drafted into a secret organization to fight the growing hoard of zombies shambling through town.
I really enjoyed this book. The new twist with the Wild Cards is something different in the sea of zombie pop culture. Many nods to horror films (Army of Darkness being one of them) made it fun and honestly, that’s where I would get all my survival knowledge.
The end of each chapter switches to a zombie point of view, we get to see the progression of them from the outer areas into the town of Redwood Grove.
Plague Town is a fun read, for old zombie pros and newbies alike. Dubbed as “Buffy meets The Walking Dead” Plague Town will be out on April 3rd.
Interview with MST3K and Cinematic Titanic’s Mary Jo Pehl
Humour and frights:
Mary Jo Pehl chats about horror movies
By Grant McDaniel
Not all horror movies are good, and not all horror movie experts had a great time watching such films.
Enter Mary Jo Pehl.
Pehl has watched more low-budget scary movies than you can shake a message board at. As a regular cast member and writer for Mystery Science Theatre 3000, she suffered through many of the most infamous horror movies ever made. She’s familiar with Manos: The Hands of Fate, Ed Wood fare, Hobgoblins, and various other fixtures on IMDB’s Bottom 100. Next time you complain about bad remakes, think about what Mary Jo’s witnessed and bite your tongue.
For those of you who may not know, MST3K was a long-running television show where films were ‘riffed’ by comedians. The films would run, and the comedians would joke about the action as it played. (I’m not sure if I need to explain that, given the legacy of MST3K, but if any of you didn’t happen to catch the series, that’s the gist of it.)
Now, Pehl along with four other MST3K alumni — Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, and Frank Conniff — are once again riffing films. The comedians can be found offering their unique take on films at Cinematic Titanic (cinematictitanic.com) where dozens of titles can be purchased. The group also offers live riffs on films at various venues, a breakdown of which can be found on the site.
Mary Jo took time out of her schedule to talk genre movies with us recently.
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Dead Center: You might be best known as a comedian, but, given the format of MST3K and Cinematic Titanic, you’ve had to sit through a fair number of horror movies — often cheesy ones. What do you think of scary movies?
Mary Jo Pehl: It depends: I can get pretty freaked out. I’m affected by the moving pictures! I tend to view the bad horror films — a la MST3K — as simply bad and ineffectual, but there are others that freaked me out or I found disturbing for any number of reasons. Even if a film isn’t well done, the filmmakers sucker me in when the music crescendos, or someone screams, or the shadowy figure moves in the background.
I loved “Descent” a few years back, and I thought “Insidious” was good. Would you believe I only just saw “Night of the Living Dead” a few years ago and thought it was damn terrific?
That said, I cannot stand torture porn. I get physically ill when people are being brutalized. It’s a visceral reaction: I don’t care how tongue-in-cheek or satirical it’s supposed to be.
Dead Center: MST3K is a pretty well known series, and Cinematic Titanic is following in its tradition. For people who haven’t yet caught CT, could you flesh out what the project is?
Mary Jo Pehl: It is the live stage version of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It’s flat out riffing with Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein and myself as ourselves. No robots; no overarching narrative or conceit. It’s just us making fun of movies.
Dead Center: MST3K and Cinematic Titanic have offered memorable commentaries for all sorts of movies, but it seems to me horror and science fiction make for great riffing. Is it fair to say those kinds of movies are a good fit for joke telling?
Mary Jo Pehl: I suppose so, when I think about it. I mean, there’s just so much more that can go wrong. There’s so much more a filmmaker can overreach with. You’ll see the zipper on the monster; the acting in such movies calls for histrionics which can be difficult to play or capture tone. And if there’s no budget – as in the case with most of the movies we mock – you’ll get a lot of “cheating” like scary music chords used in place of actual suspense, that sort of thing.
Dead Center: Does genre matter? I mean, do you have a different approach for riffing a comedy, a scary movie, a science fiction flick, etc.?
Mary Jo Pehl: I suggest that genre only matters where comedy is concerned. We generally steer away from comedies because they are difficult to riff. The comedy may not be effective but it’s hard to make a joke on a joke, failed or not. That’s what we learned on MST3K, and the same holds true for us on Cinematic Titanic.
Beyond that, I think just about anything works, providing it has the elements we generally look for: you have to actually be able to SEE the movie. A lot of films didn’t have budgets for lighting, so sometimes they’re very dark, especially when the print is several generations old. We can’t have too much talking – we need to be able to get a riff in edgewise. Self-seriousness and sincerity is very important. And sometimes, there’s just that goofy “je ne sais quoi,” that certain something that you can’t quite put your finger on, that sum of the parts that doesn’t make the whole.
Dead Center: While horror fans generally talk about the good movies in the genre, you’ve had to sit through some pretty bad ones. Could you tell us some of the worst — or silliest — you’ve seen?
Mary Jo Pehl: Perhaps it goes without saying that “Manos” was pretty much Beyond the pale. It’s kind of the bar. One movie I absolutely loved that we didn’t get to do was “From Hell It Came.” It’s about a vengeful tree, and I love it. There’s also a film in my Netflix que that I can’t wait for about a bed that eats people – I can’t remember the name of it.
Dead Center: I remember the old MST3K song said ‘I’ll send him cheesy movies, the worst that I can find.’ While most of the movies were low budget and not especially artful, some of them seemed entertaining despite themselves. Did you end up liking any of the films you riffed?
Mary Jo Pehl: No.
In viewing some of the movies again, so many years later, I can, however, appreciate the MST3K treatment and my former colleagues’ performances and they make me laugh every time.
Dead Center: MST3K seemed to give a second life to some movies that would have otherwise been forgotten. Have you ever had the experience of filmmakers appreciating that you revived their work?
Mary Jo Pehl: Yes. Rick Sloane loved our treatment of Hobgoblins. He had a great sense of humor about the whole thing. He’s terrific – he doesn’t take himself too seriously.
Dead Center: Having spent years watching movies while writing jokes for them, is it difficult to sit and watch a film without riffing?
Mary Jo Pehl: Usually no – it’s nice to turn that part off. That said, often my husband and I will look at each other during parts of a film and ask a very sincere question about the logistics of something, and that alone will send us into fits of giggles. Just something the filmmaker blew off or that doesn’t make sense. So yeah, I do get hung up on stuff!
Dead Center: What can we expect out of you and Cinematic Titanic in the future?
Mary Jo Pehl: We’ve got a couple of things up our sleeves. We’re an artist-owned and operated endeavor so we can’t always turn on a dime, but we’ll be releasing a new DVD soon and hopefully more on the way. We also have tour dates in the pipeline and new dates are being added.
And for me, I’m working on another book after publishing “Employee of the Month And Other Big Deals” last fall.
2012 Summer Box Office Draft
2012 Summer Box Office Draft
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Human Centipede 3 casting news | Inside Movies | EW.com
Looks like the stars of the previous installments and Tom Six himself will be in third movie. The producer says the American 2013 release will be “100% politically incorrect.
From EW.com:
Human Centipede franchise stars Dieter Laser and Laurence R. Harvey will both star inHuman Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence). The controversial horror series’ writer-director Tom Six has also cast himself in a supporting role for the concluding part of the Human Centipede trilogy.
This casting, which has been exclusively revealed to EW by producer Ilona Six, will be big news for fans of the Human Centipede movies. German actor Laser chillingly played a crazed surgeon who stitches three people together in the first film while U.K. actor Harvey portrayed an equally deranged parking lot attendant called Martin who goes one better (actually, around eight better) in the second entry, which was initially banned in Britain.
According to Ilona Six, principal photography on Human Centipede 3 will take place this May and June in the southern states of the U.S.
Interview with the creators of Kill Shakespeare
Blood of The Bard:
A talk with Kill Shakespeare creators
By Grant McDaniel
Hamlet didn’t die at the end of the play.
With that, Romeo and Juliet are doing well for themselves. Othello is still a badass, and Iago is still more conniving than a professional wrestling manager. You can be sure Richard III is still masterminding plans and, this time, he’s making a stand with Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth, incidentally, is the hottest redhead this side of Shirley Manson.
The Shakespeare characters have returned to fiction, thanks to the creative team of Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery (writers), Andy Belanger (head artist), Ian Herring (colourist), and Kagan McLeod (cover artist). The guys are responsible for a 12-issue limited series comic book, produced by IDW Publishing.
The work is entitled Kill Shakespeare, and it’s now available in both trade paperback and hardcover collections.
As the title implies, not all characters are pleased with The Bard. The plot of the book deals with a search for Shakespeare, which may not end well for the playwright.
Recently, McCreedy and Del Col took time out of their schedules to chat with The Dead Centre. The guys did so just a few days after being named to AintItCool.com’s list of top comic book writers of the year.
Dead Centre: How did the idea of Kill Shakespeare come to you?
McCreedy: It was a brainstorming session that led us to the idea. Anthony was riffing off the recently completed Kill Bill series and joking about what “other” Bills you could kill. Billy Shakespeare’s name came up and the rest, as they say, “was a long drawn out process to launch 12 comic books and a stage show.”
Del Col: It was an idea that we immediately thought would be fun but we figured someone else surely would have done it already. It seemed like a no-brainer. When we discovered it hadn’t been done we decided to be the brave souls that would.
Dead Centre: Can you take me through how the concept goes from an idea to an IDW comic?
Del Col: We initially thought of the concept as a video game (a massive role-player like WoW) or an epic feature film (like Lord of the Rings). It wasn’t until some additional brainstorming that we hit on the idea that it would best be served as a comic book series. We sat down and took our twenty-five page treatment and split that up into a 12-issue arc. We then went out and raised private money to allow us to fund the series ourselves and it wasn’t until then that we started to pitch it to publishers – and IDW immediately sparked to the idea.
McCreedy: Once we started writing the specifics of the idea changed a lot, but the overall story stayed remarkably true to form. We did about 17 drafts of the first issue and after that probably did five or six, at least, of each other issue. It’s been a long process but I think we’re pretty happy with our work so far.
Dead Centre: Using characters from the Shakespeare canon — and Shakespeare himself — seems like a challenge. They are so well defined that, I suspect, people have specific expectations. As creators, what was it like to use such well-known characters?
McCreedy: It is a challenge on the one hand as you are not working with something completely blank. And of course so many people have very personal relationships with these characters, and opinions on what they should and should not do, but on balance it was really freeing. You can do a lot of fine-grain work with these characters, really dig into some deep motivations because Shakespeare has already fully actualized and realized these characters. It’s great fun either rewarding reader expectations for a character like, say, Othello, or totally subverting them as we tried to do with Juliet.
Dead Centre: When it comes to readers unfamiliar with Shakespeare, what’s their reaction to the comic? Sometimes, when people haven’t actually read the plays, they can be surprised by how action-based Shakespeare’s work can be.
Del Col: The most fulfilling feedback that we receive is from those that enjoy the series despite not being familiar with the Bard’s work – or, in some extremes, hated his plays (bad teachers in school, methinks?). We intentionally set out to create our story so that it would serve as an entry point for many into the Bard.
McCreedy: That’s always our favourite part. I don’t think there is anything better than knowing that something we created has motivated people to try out the Bard, or better yet give the medium of comics a fair shake.
Dead Centre: There’s been talk about adapting Kill Shakespeare for the big screen. Could you tell me how things are going on that front?
McCreedy: It’s a long slog. We finished off our “second” first draft a few months ago and were very fortunate to get some top writing talent to look at it at an event the Sundance Institute sponsored. That’s sent us back to the drawing board; as of this writing, we’re on week 10 of wrestling with a new Beat Sheet/Treatment.
Del Col: Adapting our own work is a very creatively-fulfilling process. As the original creators we’ve been able to receive great feedback from readers and fans (and dissenters as well…) on what worked and what didn’t work in the comic series and we’ve been incorporating these thoughts. A feature film is also a very structured beast so it’s also forced us to become stronger at crafting succinct and efficient stories which we will bring into future projects…
Dead Centre: The original story was a 12-part series from IDW. Is there a chance of seeing the Bard and his Boys in another comic story?
Del Col: We can’t say anything official yet but look for news on that front in the next couple of months…
McCreedy: I’ll just make eerie music after that pronouncement.
Dead Centre: Are there any other literary characters/canons you’d like to use in a book? How about other projects period? What’s coming up?
McCreedy: We have lots of plans for new characters, building up bit players from the first series, and giving our main players another tussle to tackle. But as far as other literary figures — will we have plotted out something akin to Kill Shakespeare in another writer’s room? — I’m a bit hesitant to go back there right away. You don’t want to be typecast as the “literary adaptation guys” if only because we’re not that well read – GRIN.
Del Col: We’ve been invited by other comic publishers to pitch projects so we’re doing some brainstorming on that. We’re always kicking around other ideas but it’s tough to find the time when we’re working such long hours on Kill Shakespeare. And, as Conor referred to, there is another concept that’s been kicking around for a while that we’ll dust off at some point in the near future.
Dead Centre: Is there anything else you’d like readers to know?
Del Col: For those that haven’t checked out Kill Shakespeare yet – get thee to a comic/book/library store! It’s a really fun action-adventure story that has some of the greatest characters ever created, even if you aren’t familiar with them at all. And we’re also doing a lot of traveling in the coming months with conventions all over – Anaheim, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Bristol, London. Kill Shakespeare is going global, baby…!
McCreedy: And follow us on Facebook and Twitter – we love to hear from the fans. Oh and as Anthony says: go buy our shirts!!
Mimic 3: Sentinel (review)
One of the things that this installment has going for it, is it’s Rear Window vibe, where you have a single person that’s watching everything going on from his home. There’s a bit of helplessness going as Marvin is a physically fragile person and is unable to actually do much aside from telling people what’s going on. Most people, including the police don’t believe him. Taking a cue from the original Mimic, Sentinel, while bloody isn’t overly gory. There’s a good deal of restraint. The creatures themselves aren’t too bad, outside of some poor CG(due to budget limitations no doubt), when the creatures are in their full glory. Close up shots involve a guy in a suit who happens to be the film’s visual effects person(Gary J. Tunnicliffe). While the film is confined to basically just a few rooms, the tension actually builds, especially when Lance Henriksen’s character comes into the picture. We don’t know much about his character, except that he helped work on the Judas Breed. Say what you will about some of the movies that Henriksen’s been in, the man is a living legend, having appeared in some of the biggest films like Terminator, Aliens, and Near Dark, among others. He always manages to bring a legitimacy to the material that he’s working with, even if the film is direct-to-video crap. Henriksen always manages to make it entertaining. Overall, Mimic 3 actually manages to be a fairly decent DTV effort. Is it a good movie? Not really, but I definitely appreciate the approach they took to it, and it manages to be kind of intense, despite being silly at time. Even Guillermo Del Toro himself kind of liked it, which really says something about the film. If you must have more Mimic, skip the dreadful second movie and go for this one instead. The film was directed by then-newcomer J.T Petty. He actually did a decent job here. Come for the bugs, stay for Lance Henriksen. Mimic 3 gets a solid 8/10.