The Arrival

The Arrival

31/5/1996 1h 55m 6.0/10

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

Top Billed Cast

Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff

Calvin

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Zane Zaminski

Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse

Ilana Green

Ron Silver

Ron Silver

Gordian

Teri Polo

Teri Polo

Char

Phyllis Applegate

Phyllis Applegate

Mrs. Roosevelt

Reviews

Gimly

Gimly

8/15/2016

5/10

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._

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