Directed by:
David TwohyScreenplay:
David TwohyCinematography:
Hiro NaritaComposer:
Arthur KempelCast:
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, Teri Polo, Leon Rippy, David Sherrill, Darin Cooper, Ángel de la Peña, Jacqueline Voltaire (more)VOD (1)
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Zane Zaminsky (Charlie Sheen) 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. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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Like Contact, The Arrival is an intelligent sci-fi movie that doesn’t rely so much on visual effects as it does on a skilfully directed original idea. By comparison, however, it comes across as the little brother to Zemeckis’s opus (in terms of budget, stars, runtime, etc.).
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It’s pretty good fun as a guilty pleasure, but I would be afraid of using the word “smart” to refer to this film. The Arrival has a very serious sci-fi premise, but the execution is that of a B-movie, with awful dialogues and some truly WTF moments. The next time I want to discreetly kill someone, I will let a bathtub fall through the floor. Great idea. And the whole thing is brought down by Charlie Sheen, who doesn’t even look like Charlie Sheen. Actually, I don’t really how to rate it, two stars would be fine, but also four. I’ll leave it at three.
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