The Arrival (1991)
1/10
The chase wasn't all that was confusing!
12 February 2003
Warning: Spoilers
I rented this mega-bomb on video, thinking it was the Charlie Sheen flick by the same name. Believe me; the title is about ALL these two have in common! SHAMELESS SPOILER-TIME! Robert Sampson (who played Meredith Baxter's priestly brother on "Bridget Loves Bernie") plays 73-year old Max Page. He gets bitten by some kind of alien parasite the day after a meteor crashes on his property, and rejuvenates fifty years.

Along the way, he goes on a six-state killing spree, killing women who are in the middle of their monthly cycles! HE SUCKS THEIR ESTROGEN-LADEN BLOOD!!!

I never got to see the parasite, except for the earthworm-like ridges it left in grassy areas. And, the reason _why_ it needed estrogen never gets explained(a hermaphrodite, perhaps?). Just ninety plus minutes of mostly unknown-actors swearing like Robert-Deniro-wanna-bes!

*Do direct-to-video screenwriters get PAID by the profanity?*

Anyway, if you're looking for the Charlie Sheen flick called "the Arrival," be sure to read the blurb on the back of the display box to be sure you're not ripping yourself off!!
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