The Relic

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R T @RT15385128 Nov 14 This movie was a surprise and special effects are great for the time, Tom Sizemore is a great actor See more Justin T @RT08580778 Oct 21 Sadly the characters are barely believable as humans, but the performances are memorable because the characters are flawed. I found the story excellent and the casting too. The effects are also excellent, maybe a little dated in the finale but it won’t spoil your fun. The monster is very awesome cool but it’s a shame it’s not in more of the movie. You don’t see the monster until the last 30 minutes. The film is kinda Lovecraftian and kinda like Alien (1979). I didn’t like the cinematography or the editing. It was overcut to the point of nausea and so darn dark you couldn’t tell what was going on. They really hammered the superstition thing right into the skull at every possible moment. For all the flaws, like the water being too shallow to hide the monster, it is a very engaging film with a clever story and a setting I hadn’t really seen before in a horror film. Ultimately there’s a big monster that is really cool and eats people’s heads, that makes it worth watching. See more Jelisije J @jjosifovic Oct 17 I'm from Chicago and I've been to the field museum so I enjoy this film, but that being said despite my biases this film is shot way to much in the dark which is completely unnecessary and really takes away from the realistic tone this film had. See more Jason H @RT50328122 Sep 22 This movie is very dark. I don't mean the tone or the mood; I mean it is DARK. Almost every scene appears to have been lit by a 40 watt bulb. Stan Winston did the creature effects; if I could see them, I'm sure they're great. See more Gretchen B @gbaneyx 03/20/2025 The book was amazing. This? Not so much. The dialog was terrible. The acting was horrible. Practically the whole movie was filmed in the dark. Even the labs were dimly lit. I mean it was ridiculous. See more Morbeus f @RT29934870 11/19/2024 Well people in general including the critics have been overly critical about this movie in terms of it as a horror movie. Sure it's a little bit slow starting but that's part of the mystery while it builds to a climax and then explodes. The irony of it is that part of the creature is human from the genetic analysis of the creatures genome. Not surprising at all when you consider that we're probably the biggest monsters on the planet anyways. It's definitely worth a viewing despite the hyperbole of the critics. At least Rex Reed seems to agree as well. See more Read all reviews

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