Mimic (1997) DC 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC AAC-SARTRE

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.

Extras

• Video Prologue With Director Guillermo del Toro - The director makes no bones about this only being "as close as we're ever going to get" to a Director's Cut. (HD; 1:05)

• Audio Commentary - Anyone who has listened to any of del Toro's fascinating commentaries on other discs know what's in store for them here: an incredibly informative, yet informal, chat with the viewer that covers a wealth of technical data while also giving a lot of background about the film. Del Toro pulls no punches about what the film ended up being and the original theatrical cut was a major disappointment for him.

• Reclaiming Mimic - A look at how del Toro has attempted to get back to something akin to his original vision for the film with this new cut. (HD; 14:31)

• A Leap in Evolution - This featurette focuses on the creature design for the film. (SD; 9:35)

• Back Into the Tunnels - A brief making of featurette replete with cast and crew interviews and a look at del Toro filming some scenes. (SD; 5:22)

• Deleted Scenes - Three scenes, including a long exchange between Sorvino and Northam and an alternate, slightly troubling, ending for the film. (SD; 5:11)

• Storyboard Animatics - Offers six sequences. (SD; 6:04)

• Gag Reel (SD; 2:20)