The 6th Day

PG-13

11/17/20002h 3m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Are you who you think you are? ~

Overview:

A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$82,000,000.00

Revenue:

$96,085,477.00

Key words:

laser gun
clone
dystopia
dna
villain
futuristic
murder
cyberpunk
scientist
alternative reality
implanted memory
action hero

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

~ as ~

Adam Gibson

Michael Rapaport

~ as ~

Hank Morgan

Tony Goldwyn

~ as ~

Michael Drucker

Michael Rooker

~ as ~

Robert Marshall

Robert Duvall

~ as ~

Dr. Griffin Weir

Sarah Wynter

~ as ~

Talia Elsworth

Wendy Crewson

~ as ~

Natalie Gibson

Rodney Rowland

~ as ~

P. Wiley

Terry Crews

~ as ~

Vincent

Colin Cunningham

~ as ~

Tripp

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Reviews (2)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
6.5
If you really believe that then you should clone yourself while you're still alive.

Vilified when it was released, one of the small handful of films that came at the end of Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career before he went into politics, The 6th Day, it was argued, was a good cause for Arnold to retire from film. Yet viewing it now on its own chaotic sci-fi terms, it's a surprisingly brisk and enjoyable picture.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it's a futuristic collage of outrageous set-pieces and thought provoking thematics. Plot has Arnie as an ex-fighter pilot who discovers he has been illegally cloned, and thus he embarks on a mission of carnage and high paced machismo in a bid to get his identity back whilst exposing the evil corporation at the core of such nastiness. So, two Arnie's for the price of one then!

It's not a plot that would hold up under close scrutiny, but then is that what we go into a Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie for? Quite. With some nifty surprises, kinetic action and an ending of some considerable chilling substance, The 6th Day is classic popcorn munching fodder. No it's not in the top tier of Arnie movies, and no it's hardly shaking the foundations of sci-fi cinema, but sometimes comfort food sci-fi has its own rewards for an undemanding occasion. 6.5/10
Gimly
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
The 6th Day is a great title for a movie about man-made lifeforms. The movie never really lives up to that, I 100% understand the criticisms it received when it was released, but I actually did enjoy watching it.

Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.