Review of The Second Arrival (1998) by Scott Weinberg for eFilmCritic.com — 25 Jul 2002

Manages to lack ALL the surprising creativity of the original. It's actually very, very terrible.

This review of The Second Arrival (1998) was written by Scott Weinberg and published by eFilmCritic.com on 25 Jul 2002.

The Second Arrival has generally received mixed reviews.

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