The Relic (1997), is a film starring Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller and Linda Hunt. This Peter Hyams directed feature is based on the best selling novel of the same name and Reliquary which was released in 1998, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It is rated R for monster violence and gore and for language.
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. Investigating the murders is Lt. Vincent D'Agosta who enlists the help of Dr. Margo Green at the museum - she has taken an interest in the contents of her colleague's crates. Unknown to both there is a large creature roaming the museum which is gearing itself up for a benefit reception which the city's mayor is to attend. Written by Rob Hartill
