Plot
A detective is puzzled after recent spate of deaths involving decapitations. He visits a museum when a new victim is found murdered in the same way. In the museum, he encounters an evolutionary biologist who herself is puzzled after discovering a mutated beetle that possesses both insect and reptilian DNA. The detective finds a common link between the murders, hypothalamus missing from the brains of the victims. Together they both try to defeat a monster/killer who is on a killing spree.
Written by
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Amy Holden Jones
Directed by
Peter Hyams
Crew
Production Countries
Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany
Production Companies
Mutual Film Company, Paramount, Universal Pictures, Toho-Towa, Pacific Western, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Marubeni, BBC, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG)
Languages
English
Awards
4 nominations total