I remember lovingly The Relic on video back in the 90's, i got my copy from Woolworths (loved that store) & watched it loads of times.
The Difinitive Tom Sizemore movie.
The Relic is a movie that definitely doesn't get the love it so deserves!!! It's a fantastic Horror Thriller directed by the excellent Peter Hyams (Timecop, Sudden Death, End of Days, Running Scared) & with special creature creation & FX by the legendary Stan Winston (Predator, Aliens, Jurassic Park, PumpkinHead, Terminator), i mean those two greats of Cinema working together is enough to get me excited. Really beautifully done special effects in the 90's & my fave monster movies from then are Mimic, Deep Blue Sea & The Relic.
Movie Marvel Stan Winston really created something special with the Mythical monster in this fright flick. A beautiful mix of real practical special effects & CGI, really Stan Winstons creatures are works of art & this one is one of his best.
The Relic is also the best movie by tough guy actor Tom Sizemore, sadly who is no longer with us, in my opinion he's never been better & got a rare lead good guy role as no-nonsense Chicago Detective D'Agusto, a very memorable character & performance. Detective D'Agusto is investigating a brutal splatter-fest of a murder in a huge Museum where something is hunting. The Relic is full of well paced suspense & thrilling moments of horror, basically a perfectly done creature feature B-movie made on a nice luxurious budget. The 90's was a great time for big budget studio monster movies, we had the likes of Anaconda, Deep Blue Sea, Deep Rising, Mimic, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Congo, Godzilla & The Relic.
Sizemore is helped by an equally excellent performance from Penelope Ann Miller (The Shadow, Kindergarten Cop) as Dr. Margo Green an anthropologist of the museum. Both actors work nicely together & both put in serious & believable performances.
Linda Hunt is a great actress & is good here as another Doctor of the museum & is good friends with Penelope Ann Millers Dr. Margo which is nice because they were both teachers in Ivan Reitman's Classic Kindergarten Cop (1990), so a nice little reunion.
I loved the huge Museum setting as it makes for a spooky place after dark when it's all locked up & there's something in there on the prowl for victims. The cinematography is gorgeous, it's dark, spooky & the Museum has an old ancient gothic look inside that's full of artifacts.
Tom Sizemore really has never been better in my opinion as he is right here as superstitious & fiery Chicago Detective Vincent D'Agusto & just his luck the museum is opening a new Superstitious exhibition right in the middle of his murder investigation.
The Relic really is excellent with top performances from all, great suspenseful music, gorgeously dark cinematography, a fantastically different setting with the Museum & a truly fantastic movie monster.
The Difinitive Tom Sizemore movie.
The Relic is a movie that definitely doesn't get the love it so deserves!!! It's a fantastic Horror Thriller directed by the excellent Peter Hyams (Timecop, Sudden Death, End of Days, Running Scared) & with special creature creation & FX by the legendary Stan Winston (Predator, Aliens, Jurassic Park, PumpkinHead, Terminator), i mean those two greats of Cinema working together is enough to get me excited. Really beautifully done special effects in the 90's & my fave monster movies from then are Mimic, Deep Blue Sea & The Relic.
Movie Marvel Stan Winston really created something special with the Mythical monster in this fright flick. A beautiful mix of real practical special effects & CGI, really Stan Winstons creatures are works of art & this one is one of his best.
The Relic is also the best movie by tough guy actor Tom Sizemore, sadly who is no longer with us, in my opinion he's never been better & got a rare lead good guy role as no-nonsense Chicago Detective D'Agusto, a very memorable character & performance. Detective D'Agusto is investigating a brutal splatter-fest of a murder in a huge Museum where something is hunting. The Relic is full of well paced suspense & thrilling moments of horror, basically a perfectly done creature feature B-movie made on a nice luxurious budget. The 90's was a great time for big budget studio monster movies, we had the likes of Anaconda, Deep Blue Sea, Deep Rising, Mimic, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Congo, Godzilla & The Relic.
Sizemore is helped by an equally excellent performance from Penelope Ann Miller (The Shadow, Kindergarten Cop) as Dr. Margo Green an anthropologist of the museum. Both actors work nicely together & both put in serious & believable performances.
Linda Hunt is a great actress & is good here as another Doctor of the museum & is good friends with Penelope Ann Millers Dr. Margo which is nice because they were both teachers in Ivan Reitman's Classic Kindergarten Cop (1990), so a nice little reunion.
I loved the huge Museum setting as it makes for a spooky place after dark when it's all locked up & there's something in there on the prowl for victims. The cinematography is gorgeous, it's dark, spooky & the Museum has an old ancient gothic look inside that's full of artifacts.
Tom Sizemore really has never been better in my opinion as he is right here as superstitious & fiery Chicago Detective Vincent D'Agusto & just his luck the museum is opening a new Superstitious exhibition right in the middle of his murder investigation.
The Relic really is excellent with top performances from all, great suspenseful music, gorgeously dark cinematography, a fantastically different setting with the Museum & a truly fantastic movie monster.