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Plot: Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
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MCT:October 8, 2008"They picked the wrong man to clone."
In this science-fiction thriller set in the very near future, DNA cloning has been perfected and has become an accepted part of everyday life -- cattle and fish are cloned for sale at the market, genetically engineered fruit and vegetables are found in most family's kitchens (nacho-flavored bananas, anyone?), and if your pet dies, you can even order a cloned replacement. But laws have been passed that strictly forbid the cloning of human beings. However, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who believes people should live and die the old-fashioned way, discovers that someone has been violating these regulations. After Adam luckily avoids being on a copter that crashes, he comes home to discover someone has duplicated him. Now Adam is on a mission to find out who cloned him and why, as he struggles to take back his life from a scientifically created impostor, his boss Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), and a pair of thugs (Sarah Wynter and Rod Rowland) who have been cloned into near-indestructibility. The 6th Day also stars Robert Duvall as cloning expert Griffin Weir, Michael Rooker as Drucker's right-hand man Robert Marshall, and Michael Rapaport as Adam's partner, Hank Morgan.
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The premise of this movie is good: What if you came home one day and found out that a carbon copy of yourself was invading your home and family. The general cloning premise of the film also leads to the opportunity for social comment, especially in the light of the recent sheep cloning and such. Unfortunately, this film soon gets caked down into a stupid illegal cloning plot and becomes just another paint-by-numbers action flick. Even at their worst, most Schwarzenegger films have something to offer in terms of memorable lines or action scenes (hell, even Last Action Hero had its moments). But this one just sits there. I usually love Arnold's action flicks, because the big guy has a monstrous and charming screen presence, but in this one he's just kind of dull. If you're looking for a better sci-fi Schwarzenegger film, see Predator, and skip The 6th Day. -
MCT:September 29, 2008
Silly but entertaining movie. Arnold Scharzenegger is bad as always, but that's part of the fun of watching this movie.
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MCT:September 21, 2008Arnie is good in every genre.
So, also sci-fi!
But in that genre, Totall recall is really better.
Fun to see Arnie and his clone. -
MCT:July 27, 2008
ultimately disappointed because of the cool premise but found as a lot of people did that they should've cast someone other than Arnie due to the plot and the plot twist being conspicuously close to one of Arnie's best Total Recall
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MCT:July 26, 2008
probly the best arnold movie i have seen...entertaining and not entirely rediculous...a good no-brainer
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MCT:June 29, 2008
Good movie...
The story of the movie is not bad, actually great! It happens in future...
Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting is as well as always.
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MCT:May 5, 2008Quizàs una mala actuación de Schwarzennegger cuando habla del virus come carne. Creativa la clonación de enfermos. Quizàs algo exagerado lo de los lasers y los jets particuilares. Buena frase: "Él es uno solamente; bueno, en realidad dos, pero me entendieron". No explica porqué el clon de Schwarzenegger no sabe que el es un clon a diferencia de los clones villanos. Creativo lo de la siuacion jurídica de los clones. Curioso eso de que el clon no sepa que lo es. No emociona. Toca el tema relativo a qú se sienteser clony no tener familia. ¿Còmo es que el villano se sorpren de que el clon sea tal si había visto la cicatriz?. Respuesta: el original y el clon tenían la cicatriz. ¡Por qué el clon acepta colaborar con el original tan facilmente? UIna de las personas muere por un laser que no lo toca.
Un clon villano se enfrenta a otro. Cita: "Cuando dije que te penetraras tu solo no debiste tomarlo tan en srio". No se ve bien cómo sube el clon al helicoptero que asciende verticalmente. Cita: " Ibas a dar la vida para salvarlas (...) Si eso no es ser humano, no se qué lo sea". La pelicula es equilibrada respecto a los pros de la clonación. -
MCT:April 27, 2008
wow what a great thriller movie ive just seen this 4 the 1st time in ages n just 4got how good it is...this is really enjoyable 2 watch the sci-fi scenes are really kewl throughout the movie...the action scenes are really kewl throughout this movie theres loads of Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy throughout this movie n i just think that this is really enjoyable 2 watch i think this is 1 of arnie's best movies that hes made...i really enjoyed this movie
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MCT:April 22, 2008
"I want my life back!"
The 6th Day marks Schwarzenegger's return to sci-fi action with this typically entertaining saga about the topical issue of human cloning.
Set in the not-too-distant future, scientists have discovered a way to clone typical animals (including house-holds pets). But human cloning is outlawed when an experiment goes horribly wrong, with devastating results.
Despite this government restriction on the cloning of humans, a group of scientists work to perfect the technique. Enter typical house-hold husband Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) who becomes entangled in a conspiracy when he comes home to discover that he has been cloned and his life has been stolen from him. But the cloning scientists cloned him by mistake (of course it's a mistake to throw two Arnies into the mix), and once they discover their mistake they seek to eliminate Adam to avoid government action against them.
And thus begins a race against all odds as Adam battles to get his life back.
A very original idea, and made during the time when mankind had been most curious about cloning. The film was certainly made at the right time and has relevance to contemporary society...but face it, when you throw Schwarzenegger into a sci-fi action film you're not going to expect a masterpiece. The man cannot act overly well, but at least he's impressive during the action scenes.
And even though the film delivers a good message about its topic, it's still full of plot holes and incredible stupidity on the part of the villains. But of course it's merely an action film, not anything groundbreaking.
The performances were very mixed. Everyone knows that Schwarzenegger can't deliver his lines without making them sound contrived. This is no exception. There's a bit of intensity in his performance, but he's far from receiving an Oscar. Tony Goldwyn was a very intriguing villain. He does what he can with such a mediocre screenplay, but he's not enough to make up for Arnie's average performance here.
Most of the supporting cast are pretty good, but some of the more talented actors are given a side-line position. A shame, because with a bit less Arnie and a bit more talent this film could have made itself a little better.
The visual effects blew me away. For a film made in the age when CGI was still in its infancy, it sells the concept of the future exceptionally well. Especially with the high-tech weaponry and the high-tech computers.
The screenplay was standard. It was at least unpredictable, but we all knew how it was going to end. But despite this, it's an incredibly fun film to watch.
The 6th Day is a fairly impressive sci-fi/action film. There's some good action, some creative ideas and a clever concept of the future. Worth seeing. -
MCT:April 20, 2008
Cool Sci-Fi with Arnold. Some goofed up shots but overall a pretty good movie, not Arnes strongest performance but he builds the character like none other.
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MCT:March 26, 2008
One of the best Arnie films. I'd say this film is pretty similar to Total Recall. It involves cloning, futuristic guns and double trouble super Arnie action.
Just watched it again since a long time and loved it even more. -
MCT:March 8, 2008It was funny when Arnold Schwarzenegger's character ran over that guy in the road. Arnold's head was bobbing. Too funny.
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MCT:March 6, 2008
I just think that movie was awesome and freaky at the same time.. I liked it and I didn't at the same time.. Which explains the 3 stars.
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MCT:February 13, 2008
It was nice because I couldn't figure the end, what was trully happening to him, but after it was revealed, the movie lost it's meaning.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
The concept is great, and the story mostly works well, but I found Schwarzenegger's performance to actually be something of a weak point for the film. He just plays it too cute. Arnie can be serious when he needs to be, and he occasionally hits the right notes to make this the morally complex sci-fi it wants to be, but all too often he lapses back into his corny one-liner spewing action star persona, which just seems out of place here.
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MCT:January 13, 2008
It was nice because I couldn't figure the end, what was trully happening to him, but after it was revealed, the movie lost it's meaning.
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MCT:December 22, 2007
Some disturbing ideas and conspiracy theories weave the story here. Great bit of science fiction and of course Arnie does what Arnies does as well as he always does... Know what I mean?
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MCT:December 15, 2007
Another favourite of mine.
This movie rocks because really its not that far off. We already have talks of designer babys and cloned sheep, so its great to see a movie that plays on our fear as well as our buzzing excitment.
The 6th Day is centered more around a rogue groups experimentation in cloning humans, which is not yet allowed.
Its really fantastic with some elements being a little bit sad, like pet cloning, while i know we love our animals could you really consider it the same thing?
A great futuristic flick, good story, great technology, amazing special effects, what more could you possibly want?
other then to be there yourself... obviously -
MCT:October 19, 2007Some futuristic action Arnie bull for the most part. A couple of decent visual ideas, but nothing that sustains interest.
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MCT:October 17, 2007
an average sci-fi/action flick with a few arnie moments....
but look else where to get your arnie fixx -
MCT:September 13, 2007
arnold doing what he does!! kickin ass and takin names, but not so much in this one like his previous!! arnold is the man and my governer!! gotta love him and his career!!
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