Pandorum vs The Arrival

Pandorum has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 6/10 for The Arrival). Pandorum is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 55m. The Arrival is the older of the two (1996 against 2009). Both are horror, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Pandorum posterPandorum2009 VS The Arrival posterThe Arrival1996
PandorumThe Arrival
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 6.0/10
Year20091996
Length1h 48m1h 55m
GenresAction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, ThrillerHorror, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryGermany–
DirectorChristian AlvartDavid Twohy
Main castNorman Reedus, Dennis Quaid, Eddie Rouse, Ben Foster, Cam GigandetRichard Schiff, Teri Polo, Leon Rippy, Phyllis Applegate, Charlie Sheen

Synopsis

Pandorum

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

The Arrival

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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