The arrival + arrival II
(DVD Video)

First released as the 1996 motion picture the Arrival (Side A) and the 1998 motion picture Arrival II (Side B).

The arrival: "60761.1.A". Arrival II: "60671.1.B."

Double feature.

Side A (the Arrival): Artisan pictures presents a Steelwork Films and Thomas G. Smith production ; a film by David Twohy ; music composed by Arthur Kempel ; written and directed by David Twohy / Side B (Arrival II): Artisan Entertainment presents a Claudio Castravelli production ; a Kevin S. Tenney film ; music by Ned Bouhalassa ; written by Mark David Perry ; directed by Kevin S. Tenney.

[The arrival] Starring Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Ron Silver. [Arrival II]: Starring Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Sibbett, Catherine Blythe, Mike Scherer, Larry Day.

In the Arrival, radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky follows an extra-terrestrial radio signal and discovers a plot of alien invasion. In Arrival II, an investigative reporter and reluctant computer programmer must convince the government that a sinister alien conspiracy could wipe out the human species.

In the Arrival, radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky believes he's picked up a cosmic noise that is signaling extraterrestrial intelligence. But after turning over the tape to his boss Phil Gordian, Zane's fired, his girlfriend get transferred and his partner is found dead from an apparent suicide. Zane's desperate search for answers leads him to Mexico and a mysterious power plant this is generating more than electricity and is run by people who are not what they appear to be. A scientist investigating an impending ecological disaster is murdered and Zane is arrested for the crime. Zane escapes custody carrying proof of an alien invastion

In the Second arrival, Jack's brother and an assortment of scientists and reporters receive a mysterious package which details a vast alien conspiracy. Now the aliens are out to kill all of them.

MPAA rating: PG-13; The arrival.

MPAA rating: R; Arrival II.

DVD, widescreen presentation.

In English and French with English, French and Spanish subtitles.