The Relic (1997)
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 19
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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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A mythological creature stalks the halls of a museum during a society fundraiser in this cheap sci-fi horror genre knock-off of Alien (1979). Penelope Ann Miller stars as Dr. Margo Green, an evolutionary biologist at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History who receives a shipment of artifacts from a colleague performing fieldwork in Brazil. Among the contents are leaves containing a rare fungus that, unbeknownst to Green or anyone else, attracts the palate of a rapidly mutating, lizard-like
Jan 10, 1997 Wide
Apr 20, 1999
Paramount
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Penelope Ann Miller
Dr. Margo Green -
Tom Sizemore
Lt. Vincent D'Agosta -
Linda Hunt
Dr. Ann Cuthbert -
James Whitmore
Dr. Albert Frock -
Clayton Rohner
Det. Hollingsworth -
Chi-Muoi Lo
Greg Lee -
Robert Lesser
Mayor Owen -
Tommy Ryan
Parkinson -
Lewis Van Bergen
John Whitney -
Kent George
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Though based on an original and respected novel, Hyams' horror thriller comes across as a pastiche of the genre's conventions as evident in major pictures of the past two decades, such as Jaws and the first two Alien films.
Top CriticThe story comes from a million other movies (mainly Jaws and Alien), and it's completely and totally predictable.
A slick, witty, and unexpectedly effective little genre throwback.
A terrific monster movie with an edge. A bloody good time.
Gory as heck, but still well-crafted monster movie fun.
Monster runs through museum. Audience gets bored.
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