A sublime premise for a movie turned into an unsurprising Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle.
The 6th Day (2000)
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Reviews Counted:112
Fresh:45
Rotten:67
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This offering from Arnold Schwarzenegger contains an intriguing, disturbing premise, but the film's execution is too routine and formulaic to make good use of it.
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $33,813,823
Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour... In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical version of himself--an illegal human clone--celebrating with his family and friends. The next thing he knows, a squad of killers is after him in order to hide the evidence of their cloning activities, funded by Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), a powerful businessman who hopes to make billions from human cloning in collaboration with his medical expert, Dr. Griffin Weir (Robert Duvall). Of course, nobody believes Adam when he says there's an impostor living his life, and soon he has to take matters into his own hands while being chased by bad guys who won't stay dead thanks to the magic of cloning and Syncordings, instant memory downloads. THE 6TH DAY is an intriguing sci-fi thriller, combining science fact and fiction with everything viewers could want from a Schwarzenegger movie: terrific special effects and an action-packed story, with two Arnolds for twice the fun. [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport, Wendy Crewson, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Screenwriter: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
Producer: Mike Medavoy
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Reviews for The 6th Day
A watchable action vehicle with some thoughtful futuristic touches and an attempt to grapple with larger issues.
Since it’s not a very smart sci-fi film, we then hope for a fun sci-fi film.... But there’s not much fun here.
How come these bad guys have such bad aim? Does everybody in real life say something funny after they kill a person? Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?
Though hardly on the level of great science fiction, it manages to produce an entertaining two hours...something very few of [Schwarzenegger's] recent films can claim.
This is the cyberpunk movie I wished would have come out in the early 90's, a kind of grandchild of Blade Runner and Total Recall.
...filled with a lot of movement and noise but little actual excitement or suspense...a great-looking, quasi sci-fi movie with not a lot actually going on.
Packed with enervating action sequences and inexplicable scripting decisions.
A remarkably solid film that is, minute for minute, more entertaining than any other movie currently on the market.
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January 01, 2000:
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