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The Arrival (1996) 6.2
Zane, an astronomer discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it. Director:David TwohyWriter:David Twohy |
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Zane (Charlie Sheen), a young, mild-mannered astronomer discovers an extraterrestrial radio signal. After being fired from his organization for reporting this to his superior, he takes a chance on discovering the truth: that his workplace is not quite what it seems to be and a sinister conspiracy is at work. The aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will stop at nothing to prevent Zane from learning it. Written by vishakbt1
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The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret...until now. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some sci-fi violence and terror, and for brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
31 May 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Shockwave See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$184,261 (USA) (26 July 1996)Gross:
JPY 20,609,500 (Japan) (15 November 1996)Company Credits
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Written by Barbara L. Jordan, Eddie Ruperto, and Christopher Rhyne
Performed by Eddie Ruperto
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When Zane and Ilana are talking about the climate changes in San Marsol Zane has a flashback of the presentation that he had crashed earlier at JBL, however he should not have heard the part about the melting polar ice because he was already removed from the room by two security guards. See more »Soundtracks
"Teque"Written by Barbara L. Jordan, Eddie Ruperto, and Christopher Rhyne
Performed by Eddie Ruperto
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When the astronomer Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen) receives signal from a distant star, he reports and gives all the evidences to his chief, Phil Gordian (Ron Silver), and is immediately fired. Zane becomes obsessed to locate the signals again and finds a transmission to the outer space in the same wave from Mexico, and he flies to the place. Meanwhile, the scientist Ilana Green (Lindsay Crouse) is investigating the unexplained raise of the temperature in Third World countries and also goes to Mexico for further research. They meet each other in a small Mexican town, where Zane finds that aliens are preparing to annihilate the human race and preparing Earth for their occupation.
"The Arrival" has a good story that uses the abnormal raise of temperature and change in the climate on Earth as part of a plot of invasion of our planet by aliens. Director David Twohy follows the same style of John Carpenter in this movie. However, there are two problems: the first one is the permanent lunatic expression of Charlie Sheen, who also keeps insane attitudes along the whole story, giving a total lack of credibility to his character. The second one is probably the budget, or a badly developed screenplay, with flaws along the narrative. Anyway, this good sci-fi film entertains and has a good ecological message in the end, particularly the quote: "If you can't tend to your own planet, you don't deserve to live here". My vote is seven.
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