Movie
1996
The Arrival is a 1996 science fiction thriller film written and directed by David Twohy and starring Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Ron Silver, Teri Polo, and Richard Schiff. Sheen stars as Zane Zaminsky, a radio astronomer who discovers evidence of intelligent alien life and quickly finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy with global consequences. The film is an international co-production between the United…
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Alien civilisations, for simple reason of being alien, might have morality completely different than our own and for them annihilation of humanity might not be such a bad thing. Even "politically correct" Hollywood accepted this, and in mid 1990s this resulted in alien invasion films, best known of them being *Independence Day*. Roughly in the same time with 1996 spectacle, David Twohy directed *The Arrival*, scienc…More
This movie is not to be confused with the more recent one called Arrival, their names are very similar but the stories have nothing in common, they are completely different films. The Arrival follows an astronomer played by Charlie Sheen, who suddenly discovers a strange radio signal coming from the space, specifically it appears to be coming from a star. The signal is a huge anomaly but it lasts for less than a min…More
