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Released Year: 1997
Runtime: 110 minutes
Directors: Peter Hyams
Casts: Tom Sizemore, Clayton Rohner, James Whitmore, David Proval, Don Harvey, Santos Morales, Robert Lesser, Penelope Ann Miller, Jophery C. Brown, Diane Robin, Linda Hunt, Chi Muoi Lo, John Kapelos, Mike Bacarella, Francis X. McCarthy, Ralph Seymour, Thomas Ryan, Lewis Van Bergen, Constance Towers, Audra Lindley, Tico Wells, Gene Davis, John DiSanti, Ronald Joshua Scott, Dave Graubart, Mandy Ingber, Lyn Alicia Henderson
IMDB: The Relic (1997)
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Empire -
Unpretentiously and likeable Peter Hyams is one of the few hacks still working at this budget level, and he relishes the chance to make an audience jump, not only with some neat monster effects and a pile of mutilated corpses but also with some subtleties of editing and lighting, plus one of the loudest jump-out-of-your-seat soundtracks in a recent memory.
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The New York Times -
Yes, we've seen it all before. But The Relic proves that the hoariest cliches, when stirred together with enough money, shaken vigorously and artfully lighted, can still make the adrenaline surge.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
All of this is actually a lot of fun, if you like special effects and gore.
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Chicago Reader -
But Peter Hyams, who's both director and director of photography, forces us to constantly strain to see what isn't there, until ultimately the screen explodes in welcome light, a cathartic finale in broad visceral terms even if the drama hasn't inspired much emotion.
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Los Angeles Times -
Hyams the director ("Sudden Death," "Timecop," "The Star Chamber") operates at too much of a fevered pitch for things not to eventually get out of hand -- accelerating violence and horror eventually hit maximum velocity and warp into nonsense, no matter how erudite the script.
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The Relic (1997)
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
The Relic (1997)
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Information
Released Year: 1997
Runtime: 110 minutes
Directors: Peter Hyams
Casts: Tom Sizemore, Clayton Rohner, James Whitmore, David Proval, Don Harvey, Santos Morales, Robert Lesser, Penelope Ann Miller, Jophery C. Brown, Diane Robin, Linda Hunt, Chi Muoi Lo, John Kapelos, Mike Bacarella, Francis X. McCarthy, Ralph Seymour, Thomas Ryan, Lewis Van Bergen, Constance Towers, Audra Lindley, Tico Wells, Gene Davis, John DiSanti, Ronald Joshua Scott, Dave Graubart, Mandy Ingber, Lyn Alicia Henderson
IMDB: The Relic (1997)
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A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
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Empire -
Unpretentiously and likeable Peter Hyams is one of the few hacks still working at this budget level, and he relishes the chance to make an audience jump, not only with some neat monster effects and a pile of mutilated corpses but also with some subtleties of editing and lighting, plus one of the loudest jump-out-of-your-seat soundtracks in a recent memory.
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The New York Times -
Yes, we've seen it all before. But The Relic proves that the hoariest cliches, when stirred together with enough money, shaken vigorously and artfully lighted, can still make the adrenaline surge.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
All of this is actually a lot of fun, if you like special effects and gore.
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Chicago Reader -
But Peter Hyams, who's both director and director of photography, forces us to constantly strain to see what isn't there, until ultimately the screen explodes in welcome light, a cathartic finale in broad visceral terms even if the drama hasn't inspired much emotion.
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Los Angeles Times -
Hyams the director ("Sudden Death," "Timecop," "The Star Chamber") operates at too much of a fevered pitch for things not to eventually get out of hand -- accelerating violence and horror eventually hit maximum velocity and warp into nonsense, no matter how erudite the script.
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A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.