The Arrival

PG-13

5/31/19961h 55m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now. ~

Overview:

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

Director:

David Twohy

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$14,063,331.00

Key words:

greenhouse effect
global warming
extraterrestrial
astronomer
conspiracy
scientist
alien invasion
foot chase
desert
climatologist
scorpion
observatory
alien language
golf club
volkswagen beetle
liquid nitrogen
screwdriver
cosmic zoom
rollerblades
radio telescope
satellite dish

Cast

Charlie Sheen

~ as ~

Zane Zaminski

Lindsay Crouse

~ as ~

Ilana Green

Richard Schiff

~ as ~

Calvin

Ron Silver

~ as ~

Gordian

Teri Polo

~ as ~

Char

Phyllis Applegate

~ as ~

Mrs. Roosevelt

Tony T. Johnson

~ as ~

Kiki

Alan Coates

~ as ~

Terraformer

Leon Rippy

~ as ~

DOD #1

Buddy Joe Hooker

~ as ~

DOD #2

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Reviews (1)

Gimly
Written 8 year(s) ago
5
Charlie Sheen channels his inner Kevin Smith in this unique take on the genre. Sure it's a little X-Files-y, and a lot of the twists are either glaringly obvious or make zero sense, but by and large it's pretty original. The climate-change message does beat you over the head a little, but only gently, which I can handle. Obviously it didn't take anyway, considering we're here twenty years later and the problem's only gotten worse.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.