mayheth I would give it a zero if I could. How can you make a movie based on a book without the main character. The book is an awesome read and this movie was just a waste of time. If you love the book this movie is nothing like it so do not even bother watching it. In fact no one should watch this garbage. The book is a 10/10

Wuchak Released in 1997, "The Relic" stars Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore as a biologist and detective in Chicago who team up after a series of brutal deaths at the Chicago museum where the former works. James Whitmore, Linda Hunt and Chi Muoi Lo co-star as scientists at the museum.This is a gory monster movie made with a whopping budget and an intriguing sci-fi concept concerning the creature, but it's hindered by bad lighting and bland characters. As far as the former goes, this is one of the darkest movies I've ever seen that doesn't take place in a cave. Regarding the latter, Sizemore is good, but Miller is only serviceable with the rest of the characters being merely okay. I suppose it doesn't help that the story lacks dramatic drive. People laud the film for not throwing in a romantic subplot between the protagonists, but SOMETHING needed done to make it more compelling. How about throwing in some teens visiting the museum – something! Nevertheless, there are some legitimate scares, the kills are utterly savage and the monster, location and sets are good.The film runs 110 minutes and was shot at the awesome Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, with interior/studio work done in Los Angeles.GRADE: C+

SnoopyStyle Researcher John Whitney sends a crate back to Chicago's Natural History Museum from Brazil, but he himself is missing. The crate seems to be empty except for some leaves. Margo Green (Penelope Ann Miller) is a researcher who takes an interest in the crate. Lt. Vincent D'Agosta (Tom Sizemore) who's investigating the presumed drug smuggling John Whitney's murder also investigates a Museum security guard's gruesome murder. Little did they know that the crate has brought back something more than leaves.This is a well made monster movie. Director Peter Hyams is well verse in the art of horror. He's able to squeeze every bit of scary moment out of this old fashion horror. He makes a great sequence of nothing more than sounds and shadows scaring the bejesus out of Penelope Ann Miller. The monster is best as unseen growls and shadows for the first half of the movie.It's a creature from the great Stan Winston. It's a transitional time when they are trying to marry the mechanical physical model with some animation. Coming after Jurassic Park, it fails only by comparison. Nevertheless, there are some great monster work here.

gavin6942 A homicide detective (Tom Sizemore) and an anthropologist (Penelope Ann Miller) try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who is on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.I love this film because it is humorous and there is some bizarre obsession with various kinds of coffee (mocha, espresso and latte all get mentioned at different times). And that is before it turns into a monster movie.Ebert said it "combines the conventions of the horror and disaster genres" and "is actually a lot of fun, if you like special effects and gore." Siskel called it "surprisingly entertaining", and even Leonard Maltin had to say the monster "is especially impressive." Yet, the film allegedly cost 60 million and only made 33 million at the box office, making it a flop. Perhaps if the lead had been Harrison Ford rather than Tom Sizemore, this would have drawn in the extra people (and possibly have given the film a stronger actor, with all due respect to Sizemore). I tend to side with the critics on this one -- I thought it was a lot of fun if nothing else.