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6.0/10 • 738

1996-05-31 • 1h 55m

Science FictionThrillerHorror

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

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.

Directors
David Twohy
Editors
Martin Hunter

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Charlie Sheen

    Charlie Sheen

    Zane Zaminski

  2. Lindsay Crouse

    Lindsay Crouse

    Ilana Green

  3. Richard Schiff

    Richard Schiff

    Calvin

  4. Ron Silver

    Ron Silver

    Gordian

  5. Teri Polo

    Teri Polo

    Char

  6. Phyllis Applegate

    Phyllis Applegate

    Mrs. Roosevelt

  7. Tony T. Johnson

    Tony T. Johnson

    Kiki

  8. Alan Coates

    Alan Coates

    Terraformer

  9. Leon Rippy

    Leon Rippy

    DOD #1

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Gimly

Aug 15, 2016

5/10

Charlie Sheen channels his inner Kevin Smith in this unique take on the genre. Sure it's a little X-Files-y, and a lot of the twists are either glaringly obvious or make zero sense, but by and large it's pretty original. The climate-change message does beat you over the head a little, but only gently, which I can handle. Obviously it didn't take anyway, considering we're here twenty years later and the problem's only gotten worse. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$14,063,331.00
Keywords
greenhouse effectglobal warmingextraterrestrialastronomerconspiracyscientistalien invasionfoot chasedesertclimatologistobservatoryalien languagegolf clubvolkswagen beetleliquid nitrogenscrewdrivercosmic zoomradio telescopesatellite dish