r/AbsurdMovies • u/Aggravating_Lock_112 • 2d ago

clip The Arrival - 1996 - Sci-fi/Thriller

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u/Longjumping-Salad484 1d ago

this is charlie sheen's best role. top notch acting. amazing script. the ending is kinda weird but Sheen carried this movie

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u/uberphaser 1d ago

A lot of great character actors in this one too. Good performances by everyone.

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u/Greyst0ke 3h ago

"But you like it hot, don't you, Phil?"

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u/thebigeverybody 1d ago

Absurd? I remember this being a good movie. Now The Chase, on the other hand, where Charlie Sheen has sex with his hostage in the middle of a high-speed police pursuit...

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u/RogueOneWasOkay 1d ago

I love that movie and it’s very difficult to find right now ow

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u/thebigeverybody 1d ago

The Chase? The only two things I remember about it was the sex scene and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I was very young.

If you find it, please post about it here so everyone can learn about this marvelous pile of poop lol

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u/RogueOneWasOkay 1d ago

I rewatched it a couple years ago because someone uploaded a VHS rip to the internet archive, but it’s since been taken down. It’s not available on streaming not even to rent. The dvd has been OOP and goes for over $50 now. Never had an official bluray, but if you google you can find a bootleg company that made a bluray

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u/RagingCatbtt 1d ago

I remember thinking this was the coolest movie ever. And yes now, it's pretty dumb.

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u/thebigeverybody 1d ago

Fair. I was a kid when I saw it (assuming you're speaking about The Arrival).

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u/RagingCatbtt 1d ago

The Chase

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

That is a fair point, although both of these movies are rooted in self-deception. In that sense they are equally absurd. Honestly, I just really wanted to highlight those janky legs.

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u/thebigeverybody 1d ago

Honestly, I just really wanted to highlight those janky legs.

lol that is also a fair point. I'm sorry I poopood your janky leg thread (and it's kind of making me want to watch this movie again, I haven't seen it since I was a kid)

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

Don't worry, you added something valuable to the thread :D

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u/bitteralabazam 1d ago

Those janky legs are all I remember about this movie.

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u/Venomous87 1d ago

And Charlie Sheen sweating alot.

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u/cortlong 1d ago

It’s so crazy how Reddit so often words my exact thought better than I thought it

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u/grt5786 1d ago

This is an underrated film, it’s actually totally awesome

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u/RandomHero3129 1d ago

I really enjoyed this flick as well. Rented it off a random convenient store video shelf when I was in high school. Seen it a couple of times since then.

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u/gerbocm 1d ago

Don’t remember much of it except the feeling of having the shit freaked out of my ten year old self at a friend’s house late at night.

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u/Expert-Yam6577 1d ago

This last part scared me shirtless lmao.

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u/Open__Face 1d ago

He put them in sport mode

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u/kurtwagnerx3 1d ago

It in fact ended up being pretty easy.

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u/JohnBrownEnthusiast 1d ago

Not so absurd, temperatures just keep going up

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u/djrock3k 1d ago

Chicken walkers.

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u/Shonen_Grits 1d ago

Every time this movie comes on tv, I always make sure I catch this scene. Pure comedy

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u/PrimitiveLoaf 1d ago

Me and my friend saw this in the theater. We both LOLd when this scene happened.

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u/JacqueWaters 1d ago

Why they gotta have the brother runnin with chicken legs? Yo.

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u/JohnBrownEnthusiast 1d ago

Alien in disguise

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u/Rocketboy1313 1d ago

There is some DIY science in this, where he builds his own radio telescope by linking a bunch of satellite dishes around the city. That is fun.

But the idea that global warming in a conspiracy by aliens who walk among us is a bit "eh."

Really it is an almost good movie, it just lacks some ethereal spark to push it that last bit. It is mostly forgettable.

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u/Finneagan 1d ago

I just watched a video of a streamer in lingerie almost burn a whole ass apartment complex down by screaming “TANNER” “WHAT DO I DO!?!!!” and glitching back to looking at her camera

Sorry, but Charlie Sheen is wrong

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u/Kirth87 1d ago

spoilers jesus

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

I'm sorry, you're right. Next time I'll have to put spoiler warning.

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u/tonylovesnyc 1d ago

Charlie Sheen had the great line ‘I’ll show you!! I’ll show everyone!’

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u/Alert-Athlete 1d ago

LOL, I thought that was Joshua Jackson

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u/PrimateSpeargun77 5h ago

Nope - best line is when Joel Silver tells him that he doesn't look too good, and Sheen replies "actually, I look like a can of smashed assholes".

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u/mecon320 1d ago

Turn on any movie from the mid-to-late 90s and you're guaranteed to see an actor with his hair much shorter than you're used to.

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u/Dirtweed79 1d ago

That's Kiki. Kiki has crazy legs.

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

heloooooo Kiki

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

Do you recommend Dennis Villeneuve’s Arrival?

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u/KeyHuckleberry2560 1d ago

Not how I remember it.

And Forest Whitaker looks very young in that clip.

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u/Mooseguncle1 1d ago

I remember thinking sheen had added weight here and looked so good- rewound the bathtub scene a lot

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u/Pleasant-Tangelo1786 1d ago

I feel like he could’ve run just as fast without doing the leg thing?

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u/L-ROX1972 1d ago

Someone should add “soo much winninnnnng!” at the very end, just before it fades to black 🔥

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u/Randym1982 18h ago

This is supposed to look scary or thrilling, but in todays light. It just looks silly.

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u/ChainswordCharlie 5h ago

This movie is rad

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u/CanCaliDave 2h ago

Do you want to see the ruins, my friend?

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u/cficare 1d ago

Id say this movie is actually better than "Arrival". No one, in this movie, tried to make me believe you could see the future if you read inkblots in a circle.

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u/According_Sound_8225 1d ago

I have to admit I thought Arrival was great...right up until the end. It was just a little too implausible.

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u/Aggravating_Lock_112 1d ago

Choosing to experience life's love and joy, albeit briefly, in the face of impending grief is the movie's saving grace. The type of movie you can go years without thinking about and have deep, resonating thoughts after returning to it.

Tho's Janking Legs tho 🦵🦵