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Summary: Interesting, But Slow.
Review: THE RELIC starts off rather promising, though somewhat confusing, with an anthropologist from Chicago participating in some sort of native ritual in a primitive culture. He gets freaked out and tries to stop the crates he was shipping back to the United States from reaching there. Fast forward several weeks later to the harbor in Chicago. A boat from Brazil is found with all the crew decapitated. Forward another week to the Museum of Natural History in Chicago where most of the film's action takes place. A museum guard is found decapitated in the men's bathroom two nights before a big fundraising gala. The police have the museum shut down and want to postpone the gala, but the mayor won't have it. The event goes on and of course lots of people get killed.The movie starts interesting during the first ten minutes, but quickly slows down until the last forty minutes. There are some scenes of suspense in the intervening hour, but not enough to keep one's attention for long. However, once the big event begins and you see what the monster is, the movie rivets you to your seat. I enjoyed THE RELIC, but would have enjoyed it more had it been faster paced. It's a pretty good monster flick and it has a great monster, a type rarely seen in film.
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Summary: didn't know there was a book, but I loved this movie.
Review: I love monsters movies, and I can see that the reviews on this site have many mixed reviews. I am writing to let you know that this does fulfill my urge of getting my monster movie fix. Never did I think of similarities to Alien or Jurassic Park or any other while watching. I just purchased this movie for the second time. I wanted to replace my VHS copy with the DVD version. This is the kind of movie that I do enjoy watching over and over again, which is a lot more than I can say for many others. Well that is my two bits, hoped that helped.
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Summary: Dark, dull detritus
Review: You'd think with four writers on the job this film could deliver more than pseudo-scientific hocus pocus, cardboard characters with textbook quirks, and running gags that aren't funny. The monster-in-the-house scenario is given one more tired spin here and is distinguished only by a strangely boring cast and a criminally tedious screenplay. The film unfolds largely inside Chicago's Museum of National History but fails to make use of this potentially spectacular location - mainly because of director Hyams' impenetrable decision to shoot most of it in the dark. (I spent ten minutes fiddling with my set's brightness and contrast, to no avail.) That choice is typically made to improve the look of less-than-realistic digital effects (e.g. "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"), but we rarely see the "monster" here and when we do it looks like just another of Stan Winston's rubber toys - never more so than in the "Alien"-aping moment when it presumably lives the dream of the film's key demographic and licks the heroine's chest. Only the fiery climax delivers the kind of spectacle this type of story promises, but after 98 minutes it's much too little and way too late.
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Summary: A very different type of monster
Review: First off,some of the other reviewers were saying this was a rip off of "Alien",but I say "how's that?" It's not in space as alot of those ripoffs are,the origin of the creature is totally different,and its more Chimera(a monster description from mythology that probably never has ever been brought up in any movie)than the 2 dozen actual Alien ripoffs that followed Alien after that movie came out in the first place.It was very entertaining,although it took a good hour or so to actually have the first good view of the creature,but the build up to it was presented in an interesting way and after that it was monster mayhem all the way.Also mentioned was that the acting in movies like these are not Oscar nominated types,but I've seen better acting in movies of this type,especially the Tom Sizemore and Penelope Ann Miller characters than most Oscar nominated movies which are usually movies nobody goes to see anyway because they are in reality pretty dull themselves and viewed by dull as well movie critics.Movies were always meant to be entertaining in the first place and monster movies especially.The Kothoga creature was a pretty fierce beast.About the dvd and the video,both of which I had,the quality was great on both of them.If you want to see a good monster flick without all the stupid humor that seems to destroy alot of these type of movies these days,check this one out
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Summary: the best horror movie
Review: The only thing I didn't like about the movie was that it was not very lit up. Sure, the director probably wanted you to get a realistic view as if you were there. But it sorta worked. Other than that, it was great. I used to watch Lord of The Rings every time I wanted to watch a movie, now it's The Relic. The only thing that you would think of when you see this cover is, bloody, gory movie. I've read the reviews and some of them said that it was bloody and gory. I think that's why they rated this R. And that it has a red picture of a person screeming. Don't forget to read the back to see the pictures and the summary.
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Summary: This is why I never visit museums!!
Review: What could be more terrifying than a slavering, mutated creature set loose in a vast museum? I'll get back to that in a minute. "The Relic" is a semi-faithful adaptation of the spine-tingling book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I read the novel in college (procrastination at its finest), and immediately hoped for a film version. When I heard the project had been announced, I questioned some of the casting choices, but seeing the final product set my mind at ease. I missed the original theatrical run, but managed to catch "the Relic" at a bargain theater. I would've been happy to pay the full eight bucks! Penelope Ann Miller caught my eye from the first reel--I wish I'd paid more attention to her career all along! The taut direction was nothing less than I'd expect from the man who thrilled me with "2010" and (later) "End of Days." The creature FX were heart-stopping, and their re-imagining of the story's conclusion was inspired. So what's more terrifying than a slavering, mutated creature set loose in a vast museum? One that's on fire.
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Summary: Watch over and over
Review: This is an excellent movie to watch repeatedly. The action starts imediately and ever dies down.
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Summary: The Relic
Review: Based on Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's bestselling novel, "The Relic" is an entertaining monster romp with great special effects and plenty of violence for fans of the genre. A ghastly monster imported from the South American jungle stalks the halls of Chicago's Field Museum, while only tough cop Tom Sizemore and leggy scientist Penelope Ann Miller can save the day. Also fairly predictable, director Peter Hyams adds some extra twists and an intelligent script that separates "The Relic" from others of its kind. Likeable performances from the entire cast, especially from Sizemore. Intense! Director: Peter Hyams. Cast: Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt. Rated R for extreme violence, gore, and language. 110 minutes.
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Summary: amazing
Review: this movie was awsome,I wanted a real horror gory movie that has the coolest monster of them all and i found it.The movie was so cool and so awsome the movie had no bad parts,it is just plain awsome.
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Summary: Pitch Black!
Review: If you're blind, you'll probably enjoy this movie. If your eyesight is average, then you may want to throw your remote at your DVD player. This film is so darkly lit and photographed that my screen was totally black at least 85 per cent of the time. I tried to lighten the picture, I tried everything, but could see almost nothing about what was happening on the screen. I did catch a nano second of a big mouth opening and then the rest was lost in perpetual shadows. I saw this movie in a theater the first time and really liked it. I do wish the camera and lightning guys had thought about how all this scary darkness would translate on the TV screen. It doesn't. They shoulda called this movie: PITCH BLACK!
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