The Arrival (1996)
1h 55m | PG-13
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
Studio: Live Entertainment
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
Video: 720p
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
Reviews
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._