I didn't really know what to expect when I sat down to watch "Relic" from writers Natalie Erika James and Christian White, aside from it being a horror movie of sorts. And a horror movie was all that was needed to make me sit down and watch this 2020 movie.
Well, now that the movie has finished, I must admit that I am left with an overwhelming sense of 'was that really it'' and a feeling of having sat through an ordeal that felt like 5 hours and not just an hour and 29 minutes. Yeah, this movie was incredibly slow paced. And it wasn't really before 1 hour and 10 minutes into the ordeal before anything even remotely worthwhile happened. And by that time, it simply was too late; I had grown severely bored with the storyline. And with less than 20 minutes left of the movie, I can't say that the events that transpired then were enough to make up for the previous 70 minutes of slow paced torture.
Now, I will say that the acting in the movie was really, really good, especially by actress Robyn Nevin - she really carried the movie phenomenally with her performance. It was just a shame that the storyline was such a mundane drag to get through.
It should be noted, however, that there is a great atmosphere throughout the movie, one that the film makers were able to maintain throughout the course of the entire movie.
Visually, "Relic" was adequate. Now, it wasn't an outstanding movie by any means. But I did like the make-up effects in the closing segment of the movie. But again, it was too little, too late.
There is a good production value to the movie, if that matters on any account or level.
I am rating it a mere three out of ten stars, and I do feel slightly generous here actually. I wasn't particularly impressed with "Relic" and it was just simply way too uneventful for my liking. This is by no means a movie that I will be returning to watch again.
