The Relic

Rating:
Summary: Does not withstand the book or good taste!
Review: (possible Spoilers)
I have an unfortunate bias when it comes to this movie...because unlike the screenwriters I READ the book. Now the movie, though a massacre of the printed horror novel, was not the worst movie in history. And was NOT A RIPOFF OF ALIENS!! It had some tense and edgy scenes, not the least of which was the utter destruction of Special Weapons And Tactics team.


The Acting is passable but rather melodramatic. The casting is decent when you find you can exuse the fact that they eliminated key characters from the script.


But not only are key characters missing as before mentioned but the charm of the book did not crossover to the movie. But this is not a review of the book or comparison of the book to the movie. In all fairness this movie is worth seeing if you have exhausted all better movies. If you can think or find a few movies that aren't quite as cliched into the "Unexplained and bizzare monster from some abstruse origin rampages on hapless people but then is destroyed by a jar of fromaldehyde." section by all means watch them first.

In conclusion I give this movie 2 stars because it does not rate three. If you are one of those people with time on their hands and has a hide thick enough for a bad 90s B movie then avail yourself!

P.S. Read the book! It's not the same story as the movie!

Rating:
Summary: Penelope Ann Miller and hormones
Review: A ship that was supposed to transport some crates from South America to a museum seems to have a crew that lost their heads. The crates finally get flown in. One full of goodies the other just leaves. The museum's Dr. Margo Green (Penelope Ann Miller) is suspicious. Everyone else is happy until a guard seems to have misplaced his hypothalamus. Looks like Dr. Margo Green is about to be consumed by her work.

This is a pretty spiffy well done formula movie. As with many contemporary movies they completely ignore the book and add all the standard clichés. We have the ruthless rivalry, missing scientists, and mysterious crates. Naturally no one does what they are supposed to do and you start rooting for the, lets just call it a, relic.

Rating:
Summary: JUST PLAIN SAD
Review: I HAD ONE OF THE RARE OPPORTUNITIES TO WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE I READ THE BOOK. NOW THAT I HAVE READ THE BOOK I WILL NEVER WILLINGLY WASTE MY TIME ON THE FILM AGAIN. THE FILM MAKERS HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE BOOK OR THE AUTHORS. WITH AGENT PENDERGAST OUT OF THE PICTURE HALF OF THE CHARISMA IS GONE RIGHT OFF THE TOP. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE CREATURE WAS DONE WAY WRONG. HE WAS NOT THE CLUMSY BEAST FROM THE MOVIE, BUT RATHER A SLEEK ELEGANT PREDATOR.. ALL IN ALL NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR MONEY.