The Arrival

The Arrival

1996-05-31 • 1h 55m • PG-13 •
Science Fiction Thriller Horror
6.0
User Score
800 votes

"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.

David Twohy

Director

David Twohy

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$14,063,331

Runtime

1h 55m

Release Date

1996-05-31

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Reviews

Gimly

Gimly

2016-08-15T04:51:20.377Z

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._