MIMIC: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (Blu-Ray) DVD Details

[Shawn Francis Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shawn Francis]

FANGORIA: Last week, it was announced that Guillermo del Toro's MIMIC would make its long-awaited special-edition Blu-ray debut in September, and now the complete specs and cover art have been unveiled.


The Blu-ray, streeting September 27 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, will present del Toro's director's cut of the much-meddled-with film for the first time anywhere, with seven minutes of footage (including numerous character moments) restored, in 1080p high definition with upgraded sound. The all-new special features will include:


• Audio commentary by director/co-writer del Toro
• Video prologue with del Toro
• “Reclaiming MIMIC” featurette
• “A Leap in Evolution—The Creatures of MIMIC” featurette
• "Back Into the Tunnels—Shooting MIMIC” featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Storyboard animatics
• Gag reel

The Blu-ray will also contain the theatrical trailer and a digital copy of the feature, and retail for $19.99. MIMIC stars Mira Sorvino as an entomologist who creates a mutant breed of insects to eradicate a disease-spreading strain of cockroach, only for the new bugs to evolve into creatures that can imitate humans.

[Nolando Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nolando]

7 min. worth of footage is all we get? Dang - tho' I'll give it another spin. I think I liked it better than Blade 2, that's for sure.

[Mike T Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Mike T]

Fingers crossed that it's region free, as Lionsgate can be funny like that... :think:

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

This could be interesting. I don't think I've seen this since its cinema release. It will be nice to see whether a different cut of the film will improve my perception of it.

I remember being quite disappointed when the film came out because, having seen CRONOS, I had quite high expectations for it.