The Arrival vs The Long Walk
The Long Walk has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6/10 for The Arrival). The Long Walk is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 55m. The Arrival is the older of the two (1996 against 2025). Both are horror, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Arrival
The Long Walk| The Arrival | The Long Walk | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | David Twohy | Francis Lawrence |
| Main cast | Richard Schiff, Teri Polo, Leon Rippy, Phyllis Applegate, Charlie Sheen | Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Josh Hamilton, David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman |
Synopsis
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.
The Long Walk
In a dystopian, alternate-America ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
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