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._
The Arrival
"The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now."
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.
Quick Stats
6.0
TMDB Rating
860
Votes
1h 55m
Runtime
$25.0M
Budget
$14.1M
Box Office
56%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorDavid Twohy
WriterDavid Twohy
CinematographyHiro Narita
ComposerArthur Kempel
EditorMartin Hunter
Production DesignMichael Novotny
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Charlie Sheen
Zane Zaminski
Lindsay Crouse
Ilana Green
Richard Schiff
Calvin
Ron Silver
Gordian
Teri Polo
Char
Phyllis Applegate
Mrs. Roosevelt
Tony T. Johnson
Kiki
Alan Coates
Terraformer
Leon Rippy
DOD #1
Buddy Joe Hooker
DOD #2
J
Javier Morga
Co-Worker
David Villalpando
Cabbie
M
María Luisa Coronel
Maid
Mónica Dionne
Reporter #1
Alejandro Usigli
Reporter #2
