"They did the unthinkable. They brought it back."

1997

1h 50m

6.2(659 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Science Fiction

Overview

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Hyams
Written by: Amy Holden Jones
John Raffo
Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd
Sam Mercer

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