Mikey (1992)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Dennis Dimster

Writer (WGA):

Jonathan Glassner (written by)

Release Date:

12 November 1992 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

With evil, size doesn't matter.

Plot:

Although Mikey is just a little boy, he is capable of anything.... Every family Mikey lives with has...

Plot Keywords:

Jealousy | Explosion | Sociopath | Children | Child Murder

Cast

Brian Bonsall	...	Mikey
Josie Bissett	...	Jessie Owens
Ashley Laurence	...	Shawn Gilder
Mimi Craven	...	Rachel Trenton
John Diehl	...	Neil Trenton
Whit Hertford	...	Ben Owens (as Whitby Hertford)
Lyman Ward	...	Mr. Jenkins
David Rogge	...	David
Mark Venturini	...	Det. Jack Reynolds
Laura Robinson	...	Grace Calvin
Peppi Sanders	...	Mary Ellen Owens
Frank Sprague	...	Levinson
Frank Bridge	...	Mr. Fineberg
Beverly Piper	...	Mrs. Packard
Jean Fowler	...	Det. Hancock

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:(Banned) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Trivia:

Following the James Bulger case and on the advice of three child psychiatrists the film was rejected for a UK video certificate in 1996 by the BBFC.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mikey goes to the animal cage in the classroom, he is wearing a black shirt. When he turns around to see the teacher, his shirt is red. When he comes to talk to the teacher, the shirt is black again.

Quotes:

Jessie: Is this some kind of joke?
[as Jessie attempts to answer the phone call made to distract her while Mikey does his thing]

Movie Connections:

References Gojira (1954)

Soundtrack:

One Of These Days

Good if you like cheering for the killer!

This is actually one of those films that's so bad it's kind of funny. The only character of any intelligence or possible sympathy is the central psycho - in this case a kid. The adults are so pathetically naive, and blunder into fatal situations so easily, that it's ludicrously funny to watch. My guess is that this film is a cheap attack at 80s liberal politics - the story is so blatantly one-sided.

SPOILER WARNING

The central killer has such an easy time of it that the plot is almost boring. No one seems to have the remotest chance of catching up to him. He has the uncanny ability to push everyone's buttons exactly the right way. He's so brilliant he can apparently outwit a professional child psychologist without any hassle. He even manages to disarm a gun placed on a table right under the nose of a school principal on the phone. Admittedly some of the coincidences are totally ridiculous, especially the bit with the skeleton that happens to be of a child his age exactly.

If you enjoy the type of story where a psycho killer is running effortless rings around everyone else in the cast, then you may get a wicked thrill from this movie. If you only like sensible stories where the nice ordinary people eventually win and no-one ever really gets hurt, I suggest you avoid this one like the plague.