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The Arrival

1996 · 115 min

A sweaty, paranoid sci-fi chase that keeps you leaning forward, mixing dusty deserts with creeping dread and a few wild set pieces.

Directed by: David Twohy
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff

Tagline: The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
Overview: Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

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Directed by: David Twohy
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff

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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
deception
survival
isolation
environment
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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