adj. 25B6; adjective
imitative crime : SIMILAR, like, mimicking; informal copycat.
I found the film empty and imitative : DERIVATIVE, unoriginal, unimaginative, uninspired, plagiarized, plagiaristic; clichéd, hackneyed, stale, trite, banal; informal cribbed, old hat.
imitative words : ONOMATOPOEIC, echoic.