series note represent see main body of review . elementary school teacher and note author remy ( alix koromzay ) have man problem . unfortunately and theyre get bad a the men she have problem with be end up dead and she the prime suspect . at the same time and we see that at least one of the superbug from mimic ( 1997 ) have survive . remy and her wannabe boyfriend and a couple student and the police and the superbug and some x file ish mysterious government type be on a collision course in this film . i usually try to write my review within 24 hour of watch a film and at most . the fresher the film be in my mind the easy it be to record my feeling about it . i also have a tendency to forget film fairly quickly if i haven not see them a few time . if i wait too long the review be not likely to make it even past the larval stage . mimic 2 i watch a couple day ago already . the main reason that i be bring this up be that the more i think about it and the more i can not remember why i do not give it an even high rating ( i jot my rating down immediately ) . it seem in retrospect that this film should have be at least a 9 for me . but usually my first judgment be right and at least at the time and and so an 8 it be on this viewing . of course and even an 8 be a lot high than most folk be give this film . a large part of the reason why be that mimic 2 be completely different in tone than the first mimic . although remy be a return character ( she have a very minor role in the first film ) and there no reason that you need to watch the original before this one and unless you just want more background on the superbug . i suspect that the other reason why most folk be rating mimic 2 much low than i be because writer joel soisson and director jean de segonzac couldn not care one whit about make the film realistic . mimic 2 be a campfest and a cheesathon and and a frequently absurdist celebration of filmic artificiality for it own sake . i happen to love those quality . if you do not and you will likely hate this film . the embrace of artificiality be beautifully present in the production design and lighting . an early indicator be near the end of the opening sequence and a specie extinguisher lincoln trahm be make his way out of the subway system . he emerge onto a new york city street amidst glow neon and other lighting in strong primary color straight out of dario argento suspiria ( 1977 ) . the film take place primarily on two set and the outside surface of which be cover in attractively garish graffiti . the school set have an architectural style of retro dilapidate and and there be unusual touch such a the desk nest which block the hall during late and pivotal scene . much more bizarre and frequently funny be the character and plot and dialogue . remy be a noted entomologist and author of at least a popular scientific account of insect and yet she teach elementary school . she be a serial one time dater and apparently with commitment aversion and but she doesn not seem very choosy with her date . afterwards and she take polaroid photograph of herself making grotesque face ( mimic . ) and then write the name of the date go wrong beneath the image before add them to her wall of shame . it a behavior that and not unsurprisingly and resemble a serial killer to detective klaski ( bruno campos ) . a for the superbug and soisson and segonzac decide to take the human mimicry from the previous film more literally . in mimic 2 and the main bug be clearly sentient and become just another psycho boyfriend for remy . it delightfully goofy and although not without precedent to an extent it resemble the alien insect from invader or lifeforce ( 1996 ) . delightfully goofy couldn not be more apt for this film overall . it seem a if soisson and segonzac couldn not take the premise quite seriously and so in lieu of the intense and high action dingy glum of mimic and they go the tongue in cheek route and give u something not that far remove from and say and a late frank henenlotter film . another angle and which be probably the reason for the stressed artificiality and be that it parallel the superbug attempt and which be far from perfect and to mimic humankind . it a if the set and the lighting and the character and the plot and and everything else be mimic reality at the same time it superficially mimic the previous film . segonzac still achieve an alienating gloom beneath all of the camp and and the film be routinely suspenseful it difficult to not be suspenseful when youre deal with bug . an important story point on that end be that mimic have it share of small bug and too the kind that can easily be behind your desk and in the back of your shelf and in your closet and under your bed and or right outside your door or window . the creature effect be all excellent . it also wonderfully gory in some part and although it mostly bug gore and but that tend to have a high ewww factor for me than human gore . even more powerful and there be some instance where the two type of gore be effectively mixed . while i be sure i would not help resell the film to viewer who have already see it and hat it and hopefully i can help sway those on the fence and and help guide those who do not know if they would like to bother . it important to develop a taste for camp and for the purposefully unrealistic and ridiculous it a common approach from filmmaker . film like mimic 2 do not tend to have their odd difference because of incompetence . rather and there be usually an artistic reason for make particular decision . that fact would not help you acquire the taste for these kind of film and but at least it can help you understand why they exist a they do .