"The mimic" is the kind of movie that makes would be movie directors and scriptwriters go absolutely insane.
Throughout what feels like an eternity, you wonder who signed the check for this because the script must have made it extremely clear that the movie itself had no potential whatsoever. Characters behave in ways that are more frustrating than realistic and outside of one protagonist quite frankly you'll be glad to see the back of most of them.
There is no plot to speak of, there is no real surprise anywhere, and everything is telegraphed. I get it, cheap horror is a difficult thing to film but this really feels like a cash grab more than anything else. It's essentially you're straight to Netflix offering, absolutely nothing new or original about it.
From a direction/photography point of view is decent and falls within the standards of Korean wave 3.0, which basically means almost Hollywood, but with a lot more overacting and tons of crying throughout. Nothing new there, yet again.
I really wish Asian directors especially Korean ones - who benefit from very large budget these days - would use the opportunity to develop some genuinely mind-boggling and original fiction, instead this is a very poor offering which is essentially a by the number folk story with no real clear ending, so they just cut to black and leave enough room for a sequel which we really don't need nor want.
PS: some of you will probably watch the entire thing wondering how the little girl will turn out as an actress - don't bother, because she has no range they simply make her do the same thing over and over again. I fell for this trap myself, ironically in a movie about traps.
Throughout what feels like an eternity, you wonder who signed the check for this because the script must have made it extremely clear that the movie itself had no potential whatsoever. Characters behave in ways that are more frustrating than realistic and outside of one protagonist quite frankly you'll be glad to see the back of most of them.
There is no plot to speak of, there is no real surprise anywhere, and everything is telegraphed. I get it, cheap horror is a difficult thing to film but this really feels like a cash grab more than anything else. It's essentially you're straight to Netflix offering, absolutely nothing new or original about it.
From a direction/photography point of view is decent and falls within the standards of Korean wave 3.0, which basically means almost Hollywood, but with a lot more overacting and tons of crying throughout. Nothing new there, yet again.
I really wish Asian directors especially Korean ones - who benefit from very large budget these days - would use the opportunity to develop some genuinely mind-boggling and original fiction, instead this is a very poor offering which is essentially a by the number folk story with no real clear ending, so they just cut to black and leave enough room for a sequel which we really don't need nor want.
PS: some of you will probably watch the entire thing wondering how the little girl will turn out as an actress - don't bother, because she has no range they simply make her do the same thing over and over again. I fell for this trap myself, ironically in a movie about traps.