The 6th Day (2000)
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41% of critics liked it
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38% of users liked it
(114,556 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roger Spottiswoode, Rogerspottiswoode
- Written By
- Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Nov 17, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Robert Cashill, Newsweek
The studios should enact their own '6th Day Law' prohibiting the carbon-copy duplication of elements from scenario to scenario.
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Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Joins the ever-growing membership of 2000's Gutless Endings Club.
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Todd McCarthy, Variety
A mostly standard-issue latter-day Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner.
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
The best Schwarzenegger movie in years.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Essentially Schwarzenegger Lite, definitely a new flavor -- but it still gets the job done. For lack of a better word, it's pleasing.
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Cast
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Adam Gibson
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Tony Goldwyn
as Michael Drucker
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Michael Rapaport
as Hank Morgan
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Michael Rooker
as Robert Marshall
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Sarah Wynter
as Talia Elsworth
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Wendy Crewson
as Natalie Gibson
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Rod Rowland
as Wiley
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Terry Crews
as Vincent
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Ken Pogue
as Speaker Day
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Colin Cunningham
as Tripp
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Robert Duvall
as Dr. Griffin Weir
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Wanda Cannon
as Katherine Weir
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Taylor-Anne Reid
as Clara Gibson
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Jennifer Gareis
as Virtual Girlfriend
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Don McManus
as RePet Salesman
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Steve Bacic
as Johnny Phoenix
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Christopher Lawford
as Police Lieutenant
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Peter Kent
as Duty Officer



