Mimic 3 - Sentinel (2003)

The studio that thrilled you with the SCREAM, HELLRAISER, and CHILDREN OF THE CORN movies now delivers MIMIC 3: SENTINEL, the third and scariest entry in the unstoppably suspenseful and terrifying MIMIC legacy! When residents of his apartment building begin to disappear, Marvin comes to believe the unthinkable: the mutant breed of giant carnivorous insects that once plagued society are back and beginning to revisit their devastation! Though he's confined to his room due to a severe illness, Marvin must rally whatever support he can in order to exterminate these horrifying creatures before he ends up their next victim! Filled with all-new action and incredibly eye-popping special effects, this terror-filled thriller is a must-see for all fans of intense big-screen excitement!

Something Old, Something New

I took a chance on this movie after reading the reviews. I have to say I was surprised by the quality. The directing was good and most of the actors were pretty decent, especially the guy who played Martin; Lance Henriksen, of course, was on point.

I won't give you a play-by-play because other reviewers have already done that. I will say, though, that the movie is something like "Rear Window Meets Mimic Bug." It was filmed in Romania, but you can find all this out on the featurette.

The movie is heavy on character development so don't go expecting nonstop action from the beginning. In other words, if you're one of those low-attention-span types, then this is definitely not the movie for you. I didn't see any real hardcore gore until 45 or so minutes into it.

I agree with the other reviewers in that there were a few scenes that were so dark you couldn't make out what the hell was going on. However, again, if you watch the featurette, you'd know that the director had an extremely limited budget to work with, which I gathered while watching the movie. But I think those dark scenes ultimately added to the films overall charm. It allowed the building of suspense until the excellent kill scenes at the end.

As for the video quality, the film looked sharp and I didn't notice any video anomalies. Sound was fine, too.

Caution: There is a disturbing scene in the featurette where one of the extras shows us around the Romanian movie lot where wild dogs roam. He shows us, while crying, some dead dogs on some grass as well as a dead puppy. I don't think he was joking. The director mentions how he was stunned by the amount of wild, yet friendly, dogs that roam the streets. I take it they live on handouts and there must not be much of that going on. So, any animal lovers be warned!

In some ways, this third installment of Mimic is even more intelligently made than the first. I think it's worth owning and for the price, you can't go wrong. August 19, 2008

Nice departure from the sequel formula!

By the time a horror film spawns its third sequel its always much more elaborate with more blood and gore, but with Mimic 3 the producers decided to go an entirely different route. Sequels to this movie could easily have gone the routes of other horror film sereis and given us "Mimic in L.A." or "Mimic in Space"... but instead took a much better low key approach.

The addition of Lance Henriksen was a welcome one as he always seems to add an extra creepy performance, but that might have something to do with watching him star in Pumpkinhead when I was a little kid!

Don't go into this expecting a direct continuation of the original film, and definately don't expect it to be another action oriented sequel. As other reviewers have mentioned this film has a feel of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window rather than the action/horror tone of its predecessors, and for a direct to DVD movie I think that really helps the overall quality of this film.
May 9, 2008

Mimic a good horror film why don't ya!

Garbage.A waste of time and money.If you like this moronic film do yourself a favor go get your head checked out. September 28, 2007

Let me be the first....

...to give it 5 stars. Short and sweet and original. And scary. And a worthy sequel. September 5, 2007

Don't be so hard on it!

Ok, the style of the first two films in the trilogy was really cool. Very dark and moody. The style of this one doesn't remain consistent with the frist 2, but it's just as good I think. There are alot of close ups, it's hard to describe. Don't compare this to big budget films. All horror fans will be pleased to see that Lance Henriksen who happens to be a B-Movie actor now, makes an appearence as a sort of bad guy? I guess. I think that watching some of the special features will help you to respect a movie better, and I'm not sure if there's a commentary or anything, but I've talked to the director alot over e-mail and he's a really nice guy. He has written the stories for the Splinter Cell games and is currently writing the movie, so if you don't like him for this, than like him for that. March 31, 2005

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