The Arrival

Somehow, this is the worst alien invasion film from 1996. Though both Independence Day and Mars Attacks! have their fair share of flaws, this film is nothing but flaws. To start off, it's got some of the worst acting by an... Full review

this is the worst movie of all time...I believe that Charlie Sheen and everybody else involved in the making of this movie down to the guy emptying the trash in Sheen's traylor all owe me 2 hours of my life back...... Full review

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... Full review

I give this a 6 not for the acting or anything, but for the single idea that aliens are already here, doing "their thing", using bureaucracy and human compliance to authority as weapons against humanity. This could have been a good... Full review

Imagine every Twilight Zone and Outer Limits that you have ever seen concerning aliens and meld them all together. You are getting close to the feeling this movie gave me. Action, thriller, drama, suspence, and mystery. You think you know what's... Full review

This is by far one of my favorite movies that deal with aliens. If you like Sci-fi and haven't seen this movie, you're in for a good treat! I won't go into detail about the movie if you have not seen... Full review

This is by far one of my favorite movies that deal with aliens. If you like Sci-fi and haven't seen this movie, you're in for a good treat! I won't go into detail about the movie if you have not seen... Full review

I went to see this movie with a friend when it first came out...because there was nothing else playing and we were bored. Suprisingly, it turned out to be an EXCELLENT movie. The story and acting are suberb, and the special... Full review

I went to see this movie with a friend when it first came out...because there was nothing else playing and we were bored. Suprisingly, it turned out to be an EXCELLENT movie. The story and acting are suberb, and the special... Full review

This aliens vs. earth film succeeded because it added humor to the suspense story and Charlie Sheen did a great job adding to that with an expression-filled face that made he and this film fun to watch. Story-wise, most of it... Full review

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At its heart, "The Arrival" is really just a contemporary take on those cheesy, B-level sci-fi thrillers that dominated the '50s.....The special effects are pretty good and the aliens are interesting (they have flaps on their heads and their knees bend backwards).....The next thing you know, Sheen is fired and branded a disreputable scam artist.....Story continues below "The Arrival" has several pulse-racing scenes, well handled by first-time director David Twohy (best-known for his screenplays "The Fugitiv ... Full Review

Each of these actors delivers and makes the eyeroll portions of the film tolerable and even enjoyable.....The effects are certainly dated, in a visible way, but as a science-fiction flick The Arrival is an unexpected diamond among the rough.....Bad scripts, bad acting, worthless plots and implausible leaps of logic make every scene worthy of a head shake -....suddenly The Arrival has the cast listing of a much more respectable film.....Only the eagle-eyed and most scrupulous of movie watchers will really no ... Full Review

Each of these actors delivers and makes the eyeroll portions of the film tolerable and even enjoyable.....The effects are certainly dated, in a visible way, but as a science-fiction flick The Arrival is an unexpected diamond among the rough.....Bad scripts, bad acting, worthless plots and implausible leaps of logic make every scene worthy of a head shake -....suddenly The Arrival has the cast listing of a much more respectable film.....Only the eagle-eyed and most scrupulous of movie watchers will really no ... Full Review

The Arrival has rode 15 years of home video and word of mouth success after a brief theatrical run seemingly no one, yours truly included, has any recollection of. ... Full Article

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the Charlie Sheen sci-fi thriller The Arrival will land on Blu-ray Disc on April 21. Like in Contact, The Arrival is about a radio astronomer who picks up some strange and unexplainable audio signals. ... Full Article

THE ARRIVAL: Thriller.Starring Charlie Sheen and Ron Silver.Directed by David Twohy.(PG-13.110 minutes.) ``The Arrival,'' a deeply creepy science fiction thriller out on video this week, features aliens who may be smarter than we are, but are... ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Orion Pictures The biggest alien invasion picture of the summer of 1996 is Independence Day . But it's not the first. The Arrival , with a significantly lower budget than Fox's July 3 release, has that distinction, and,... ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. In the early summer of 1996, "The Arrival," a sci-fi adventure about space aliens taking over the world, was unfortunately overshadowed by the theatrical release just weeks later of "Independence Day." ... Full Article

The scifi horror tale The Arrival is getting released onto BluRay by LionsGate on April 21st. The film is a fun and entertaining scifi tale that features Charlie Sheen as a repair man who uncovers a plot to destroy the... ... Full Article