The Relic

  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
1/10/1997
110
R

They did the unthinkable. They brought it back.

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

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Revenue:
$33,956,608
Budget:
$60,000,000

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  • John Chard

    Pot's a misdemeanour. Decapitation seems a bit severe.

    The Relic is directed by Peter Hyams (also cinematographer) and based on the best-selling novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, James Whitmore and Linda Hunt. The music score is composed by John Debney.

    The Museum of Natural History in Chicago takes delivery of some crates from South America. Sent by an employee, John Whitney, one of the crates appears to be just full of leaves. However, just as the museum prepares to launch a major exhibition, where all the city's top brass will be present, a security guard is horrifically killed. Can superstitious cop Lt. Vincent D'Agosta (Sizemore) and evolutionary biologist Dr. M...

    July 16, 2019
  • Ruuz

    More than a little genuinely funny dialogue, and I think the creature had a pretty cool design... I'm pretty sure? I don't know though, because every time it appears it's in virtually complete darkness.

    Final rating:½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didnt quite work as a whole.

    July 26, 2020

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