The Arrival
The Arrival

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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Arrival:

Charlie Sheen
Lindsay Crouse
Richard Schiff
Ron Silver
Teri Polo
Phyllis Applegate

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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.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertThe Arrival fulfills one of the classic functions of science fiction, which is to take a current trend and extend it to a possible (and preferably alarming) future. The Arrival gives its aliens credit for reasoning that we might almost be tempted to agree with. We're just finishing what you started, one of the aliens tells Zane, referring to the smokestacks, auto exhausts, rain forests and so on. What would have taken you 100 years will only take us 10. He, or it, has a point.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe CGI alien special effects are only so-so, but the film is rich in ideas, well-executed and is pleasingly entertaining even if silly.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by John AndersonWhile Twohy has some fabulous technology at his disposal and uses it to great effect, the answer to that second question is obvious: He keeps us on the edge of our seats not by dazzling us with lights and sound (even if the sound is spectacular) but by tantalizing his audience with basic, well-wrought suspense.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by Mick LaSalleIt's a strong, lean piece of writing that moves quickly. Nothing is wasted, and nothing happens the way you'd expect.
Chicago Tribune - 8/10 by Mark CaroA wonderful slice of pulp alien-invasion sci-fi with a dash of conspiracy thriller tossed in for good measure. It plays as a clever X-Files knockoff and as a funny camp classic all at the same time. Low budget sci-fi pictures like these are rarely this entertaining, or good for that matter.
Boxoffice Magazine - 8/10 by Dwayne E. LeslieSheen is working outside of his element, but the energy he puts into his multidimensional character helps keep the story moving.
ReelViews - 8/10 by James BerardinelliWhile this particular film doesn't boast any radical or surprising ideas, it combines numerous familiar plot elements into a suspenseful, entertaining whole. Best of all, perhaps, is the realization that some thought went into writer/director David Twohy's script. This is not a dumb movie; in fact, with its heavy reliance upon real science, it's startlingly credible.
Washington Post - 6/10 by Hal HinsonWhip together TV's The Invaders and V. Fold in cult classic Enemy From Space and season with a dash of Species. The yield: an agreeable cocktail of paranoid sci-fi conventions that bubbles along energetically, despite surprisingly low-tech trappings
rec.arts.movies.reviews - 6/10 by David N. ButterworthIt's like "Stakeout" with a glossier Sheen.
Entertainment Weekly - 6/10 by Lisa Schwarzbaum[Sheen] spends most of the movie in a kind of sweaty apoplexy that makes one worry for his health.

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