
The Relic
They did the unthinkable. They brought it back.
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
- 6.0
- 1997
- Released
- 1h 50m

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
Dr. Greg Lee
Thomas Ryan
Tom Parkinson
Robert Lesser
Mayor Robert Owen
Diane Robin
The Mayor's Wife
Lewis van Bergen
John Whitney
Constance Towers
Mrs. Harriet Blaisedale
Francis X. McCarthy
Mr. George Blaisedale
Audra Lindley
Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
John Kapelos
McNally
Tico Wells
Bailey
Mike Bacarella
Bradley
Gene Davis
Martini
John DiSanti
Guard Wootton
David Proval
Guard Johnson
Don Harvey
Spota
Ronald Joshua Scott
Josh
Dave Graubart
Eugene
Santos Morales
Capt. Borne
Ralph Seymour
Sergeant
Lyn Alicia Henderson
Perri Masai
Brian Steele
Kothoga
Amanda Ingber
Donna
Montrose Hagins
Chanting Woman (as Montrose Hughes)
LaDonna Tittle
Teacher
Eddie Jemison
Museum Worker
David Hollander
Charlie
Katharine Mitchell
Police Officer
Kurt Naebig
Police Officer
Ken Magee
Coroner's Assistant
Aaron Lustig
Dr. Brown
Kent George
Student
Ron Cummins
Dr. Gross
Mark Lake
SWAT Team Guy
Ned Schmidtke
Capt. Martin
Vincent Hammond
Kothoga
Ramon Ramierez
Tribal Dancer
Martin S. Tellez
Tribal Dancer
Dick Warlock
Policeman (uncredited)
Released
en
$60,000,000.00
$33,956,608.00
- #chicago, illinois
- #monster
- #based on novel or book
- #museum
- #amazon rainforest
- #pile of dead bodies
- #god
- #dead body
- #creature
- #anthropologist
- #indian tribe
Reviews

Linda Hunt is the museum curator "Cuthbert" who is always on the look out for ways to raise cash. A big charity fundraiser with the mayor and other dignitaries is her top priority but that might be about to be kiboshed as police lieutenant "D'Agosta" (Tom Sizemore) is looking into some curious deaths that see the corpses robbed of their hypothalami! Meantime, scientist "Margo" (Penelope Ann Miller

More than a little genuinely funny dialogue, and I think the creature had a pretty cool design... I'm pretty sure? I don't know though, because every time it appears it's in virtually complete darkness. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

Pot's a misdemeanour. Decapitation seems a bit severe. The Relic is directed by Peter Hyams (also cinematographer) and based on the best-selling novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, James Whitmore and Linda Hunt. The music score is composed by John Debney. The Museum of Natural History in Chicago takes delivery of some crates











