Patrick Muldoon plays the brother of Charlie Sheen's character in this movie. One year earlier, he played the love interest of Denise Richards in Starship Troopers (1997). Sheen and Richards would later get married, and divorced four years later.
This sequel to The Arrival - Die Ankunft (1996) was reportedly produced on a budget that was only one-fourth of the cost of the original.
This film takes place two years after the first film.
David Twohy, director and writer of the first Arrival, was given no credit for this sequel.
Released on DVD in a double feature with the first Arrival on May 18, 1999