Mimic 2 story
Mimic 2 is a 2001 science fiction horror film, directed by Jean de Segonzac, with a script inspired by a short story of the same name by Donald A. Wollheim. The movie was a direct-to-DVD sequel to Mimic (1997), and was followed by Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003). Synopsis: It falls on an entomophilic school teacher to stop a murderous human mimicking cockroach-like bug.
15 total · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human pleasure | major | The schoolteacher Remi loved all things bug and would never stop talking about the them. |
| human vs. monster | major | It was up to the schoolteacher Remi and two of her students to exterminate a giant, human mimicking cockroach-like creature that was going around killing people. |
| law enforcement | major | One storyline follows Detective Klaski as he investigates a handful of what appear to be grisly murders. |
| monster | major | There was a giant cockroach-like creature going around ripping people's faces off. |
| murder | major | One storyline follows Detective Klaski as he investigates a handful of what appear to be grisly murders. |
| speculative evolution | major | A main novelty of the story is that a genetically engineered cockroach had evolved into a quasi-intelligent, human mimicking creature. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Remi was creeped out when a flower-bearing and highly awkward Jason showed up unannounced at her apartment door. Remi brushed off her former student Nicky when he asked her out on a date. |
| domestic violence | minor | Nicky was being physically abused by his father. |
| endangered species | minor | Lincoln Trahn had sold endangered species on the black market. This somehow resulted in 200 species of arthropods going extinct. |
| human childhood | minor | The youngster Sal did such youngster things as read a report he'd done on bugs in front of his class, go searching for bugs in a abandoned building, etc. |