When a freighter is found seemingly abandoned on Lake
Michigan and pulled into port in the city of Chicago, Lt. Vincent D’Agosta, played by Tom
Sizemore, is called on the scene to investigate. The decks of the ship are covered with blood
yet they have no bodies to determine what may have happened. D’Agosta’s partner believes it is drug
related however that changes when the decapitated bodies are discovered in the
ship’s bilge area.
Fast forward 1 week later and we are brought to the Museum of Natural History
in Chicago as
they are preparing for a large exhibit: Superstition. When a night guard is murdered and Lt. D’Agosta
is called to the scene he begins to suspect a connection locking the Museum
down as he searches for a killer. But
the truth is stranger than fiction and D’Agosta will need all the help he can
get in determining just what is loose within the Museum.
Penelope Ann Miller stars as Dr. Margo Green, an evolutionary
biologist who is trying to solve a mystery of her own with the discovery of
strange egg-like parasites from a shipment from Brazil. Curiosity keeps her investigating the eggs
while D’Agosta gets closer to solving the mystery all while the body count
keeps rising.
I first picked up the book Relic when it was released in hardcover in 1995. Written by Douglas J Preston and Lincoln
Child, it was perhaps the most frightening book I had read in a long time. You can imagine my delight when one of my
favorite books became a movie in 1997.
The movie, of course, runs in a different circle than the novel and
understandably so. It would literally be
impossible to encapsulate everything there was in the novel within the
timeframe of a movie. That being said,
liberties were taken, characters changed, and one of the main characters
completely eliminated. This does not
mean the movie is lacking in substance.
Quite the contrary.
If you have only ever watched the movie, I highly recommend reading
the book. I don’t think you will be
disappointed. If you have read the book,
try to remember that all screenwriters and directors take liberties to make magic on the
screen and enjoy the movie for what it is.
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