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| The Arrival [1996] | ![The Arrival [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AQRK4953L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: David Twohy
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane, Ron Silver
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £5.65
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 33875
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017239191367
ASIN: B00005S874
Release Date: October 29, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: May 31, 1996
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Calling this 1996 science fiction thriller "a glorified B movie," isn't a criticism. Writer-director David Twohy managed to get interesting material on the screen despite a limited budget, and the film is just believable enough to be satisfying as a tale of paranoid conspiracy. If you can ignore the hokey parts and accept Charlie Sheen as noted radio astronomer Zane Ziminski, you'll get thoroughly involved when the reception of an alien radio signal leads him to Mexico and to a huge underground power plant operated by aliens bent on the eventual takeover of Earth. Ron Silver is suitably chilling as the astronomer's boss, whose real identity is more horrifying than Ziminski ever imagined. The underground alien lair is memorably creepy, and IThe Arrival/i is just smart enough to qualify as more than a guilty pleasure. i--Jeff Shannon/i
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 Unoriginal But Fun January 17, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The initial plot of "The Arrival" is almost identical to the film version of Carl Sagan's "Contact" (starring Jodie Foster), where an underfunded SETI project gets the chop just as a major radio signal comes through. But here the plot of "Arrival" takes a different turn to that of "Contact" and moves into an equally unoriginal "conspiracy theory" mode, where aliens with a sinister agenda are arriving incognito and the protagonist, Zane, is left not knowing who in the government to trust and trying to get the message of the "truth" of his discovery out to the world.pThere are a number of silly occurences that crop up from time to time. For example, despite Zane's paranoia he decides to confide in a teenager who he catches breaking itno his house one night. This turns out to be necessary for later, but it's distinctly less plauable even than aliens invading ...pNevertheless it's an enjoyable watch although fans of sci-fi will have seen most of the content in the guise of many films and shorts before (see the Outer Limits "Aliens Amongst Us" for one of many examples).
Great film, but the follow-up was a dog November 15, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have provided a range of comments which span the spectrum from good to excellent. In my opinion, this original 'Arrival' is a good example of thoughtful science fiction. It has a strong storyline, good acting and excellent effects.pMy main reason for adding this review is to warn you against considering 'Arrival 2' .... that is truly, truly bad. I've written a separate review for that film but if you are considering buying one or both films, my advice would be to stick with '1' and totally ignore '2'.
Trust no-one May 23, 2004
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This film obviously hoped to cash in on the success of the X-Files series. It takes the two themes from it "Trust no-one" and "The truth is out there" to make an alien conspiracy theory film.pZane, a radio astronomer, picks up a sky based intelligent signal. Is it a signal from outer space or something more prosaic? Anyway, he goes to his boss who fires him.pAfter doing some investigation he heads to Mexico where mysterious things keep happening around him. Will he uncover the truth? Will he expose it? Who can he trust?
A pleasant surprise June 3, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Any Trek episode set on the inappropriately nicknamed "pleasure planet" of Risa is usually an exercise in televisual torture - cf. TNG's "Captain's Holiday", or DS9's nadir, "Let He Who Is Without Sin...". But against all the odds, "Two Days and Two Nights" manages to succeed where its predecessors failed. Of course, there are the requisite-for-Enterprise prejudicial comments and gratuitous beefcake/totty scenes (off the scale this time around, with a sleeveless Mayweather, Hoshi in bed and Reed and Tucker in regulation undies), but two elements combine in the episode's favour: Phlox's comedy turn when he's brought out of hibernation early, and Archer's run-in with a woman who is more than meets the eye. Foreshadowing, you say? In an Enterprise episode? You betcha.pThe season's cliffhanger is a stormer, and is easily one of the best episodes of the season. "Shockwave" kicks off with the mother of all first contacts gone wrong, as the Enterprise crew incinerates 3600 colonists. Their mission cancelled, the ship heads home, but a visit from Daniels convinces Archer that those tricksy Suliban are behind the whole thing. Cue ominous appearances from Evil Future Guy (to Silik: "Bring me Archer - you know what happened the last time you failed me!") and a storming space battle with thirty cell-ships. The cliffhanging moment itself is one of the best since TNG's "Best of Both Worlds". One of the top three videos from Enterprise's first season.
 SCI-FI AS IT SHOULD BE... January 1, 2003
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This movie was underrated when it was first released, and, as with all good, underrated movies, it has since become a cult favorite. Clever and imaginative, a lot was done on a limited budget to make it into a top notch sci-fi thriller. It has an intelligent and well reasoned story, and the special effects are imaginative. pCharlie Sheen, clean and sober, plays radio astronomer, Zane Zaminski, who picks up radio signals that are not earthly. When he takes a copy of the tape of these signals, which he believes to be indicative of intelligent, alien life, to his boss, chillingly played by Ron Silver, he is summarily fired from his job. Suddenly, all is not right with the world.pSmelling something real fishy, Zane sets up a home satellite and tries to zero in on the signal. He gets lucky, or unlucky, depending upon how one looks at it, and he picks up the same signal he previously had picked up. It crosses a signal given off by a Mexican radio station, which motivates him to go to Mexico and check it out. pWhile in Mexico, he meets a fellow scientist (Lindsay Crouse), who is there on her own investigation, as she has noted major atmospheric changes, which indicate that global warming is occurring at an alarming rate, almost as if there were a greenhouse effect. Unbeknownst to Zane at the time, her concerns are connected to his.pWhile at a power plant with her, he comes across a doppelganger for his former boss, which sets off alarms in his head. Returning undercover at night, he discovers that the entire plant is operated by aliens, and they are not here just to say hello. There, a series of events transpire to reveal to him an immense, alien plot. Yes, it's the old alien conspiracy story rearing its ugly head. Only this time, it is handled with surprising intelligence. Zane is now on a mission to convey what he knows to the world, but the aliens will stop at nothing to silence him. Will he make it? Watch the film and find out. If you love sci-fi films, you will not be disappointed.
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