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For a movie about cloning, it's only appropriate that The 6th Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is instilled with a strong sense of déjà vu, namely from Arnold's previous "Who am I?" outing, Total Recall. In that movie, Arnold is a normal Joe who discovers that his entire reality has been co-opted by an evil conspiracy, and has to take his life back by force. The same premise applies here for Roger Spottiswoode's clever if overlong sci-fi thriller--Arnold thinks he's a regular guy leading a regular life, until a twist of fate puts him on the run from a vast conspiracy that's replaced him with a clone. While he's trying to evade the evil genetics corporation--and its trendy, deadly, clone-friendly assassins (who don't care how many times they're killed: there's more where that came from)--his double is snuggling at home with his wife and daughter. And new legislation outlaws the existence of human clones, so somebody's got to go. But who gets to be live and who gets to be the dead Memorex man?
Why does said genetics corporation want to clone people? How does the kindly scientist (Robert Duvall) fit in? What's the mystery behind the slick billionaire (Tony Goldwyn) who runs everything? It's all kind of irrelevant in the end, as long as it provides a chance for Arnold to indulge in some energetic mayhem and explosive action. What distinguishes The 6th Day is its sneaky, humorous--and chilling--look at the near future, taking everyday technological advances and turning them up just a couple notches, envisioning an era with cloned pets, virtual girlfriends, and computers running most everything, from the refrigerator to your car. Arnold is supposed to be a throwback to the "real" world--you can tell because he cherishes his vintage, navigation-system-free Cadillac--but as usual, he just brings his behemoth presence to the role and not much else. Still, he's a friendly enough hero, and he rolls with the punches (literally) all the way through to the end. Too bad the film overstays its welcome by about half an hour--a little shorter and it could have been a breezy sci-fi/action romp. With scene stealers Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, and Rod Rowland as the trio of cloned assassins who always come back--again and again. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Michael Rooker, Tony Goldwyn, Wendy CrewsonDirectors: Roger Spottiswoode
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By John Page
Format:DVD
After the rather disapointing End of Days Arnie returned with this impressive Sci-fi thriller. Set in the near future the film revolves around the contraversial subject of cloning. The 6th day refers to the biblical referance of God creating man on the 6th day. In the future the 6th day law forbids the cloning of humans. Arnie finds he has been illegally cloned and starts on a turbo charged mission to regain his identity and expose the organisation responsible.
The film is fast paced, while raising interesting questions about the morals of cloning. Arnies acting is as wooden as ever, but he has such screen presence this can as ever be forgiven. The special effects are good and make for a believable future.
There are a few plot twists along the way building up to a chilling climax.
The DVD features the usual extras, featurettes, making of and trailers.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I was surprised to find myself liking this movie as my views on yet another Arnie 'action' movie are obstacled by a string of predictability. To my delight The 6th Day had everything I wasn't expecting.
Arnie plays the part of Adam Gibson, a fighter pilot and kind hearted family man blessed with a beautiful wife and sensible daughter, events unfold (sorry folks this is really a film where even the slightest plot giveaway can ruin the rest of the film) and he finds he has an illegal human clone of himself who believes has taken away his family. To protect the corporation against a law suit involving human cloning Adam and the clone are hunted.
Arnie soon ends up on the run, shooting, diving, and pounding with those one-liners to get his family and life back, sounds familiar, look no further than Total Recall, the differences in both films are paramount to The 6th Day's success, due to the film being a lot more simpler than Total Recall, thanks to the talented writing team of Carmac and Marianne Wibberley as well as the careful visions of director Roger Spottiswoode. It is is Spottiswoode that makes the film flow, it's an idea that may have turned out to be disaster but Spottiswoode has allowed space to catch up on events as well as discuss the ethical problems that cloning causes within the plot events and not just some goodie goodie mouthing off to save space for a roll of action sequences.
The effects are brilliant, with clever visual rewinds (the one that rewinds form the end to the beginning is a nice touch)makes the film more than just an effects flick but a creative one. Spottiswoode has also made sure not to overcrowd the events with visual imagery that clutters the plot nor confuse us with whats real and whats not.
The DVD is packed with features - 9 behind the scenes featurettes, composer commentary, storyboards as well as CGI storyboards are covered with The making of 'The future is Coming' and other trailers.
Recommended!!!!!!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Dave Kraven
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Format:DVD
Director Roger Spottiswoode greatly mixes science-fiction fantasy with terrific action sequences and a strong plot involving the dire circumstances of human cloning in this spectacular futuristic action thriller in which Arnold "Arnie" Schwarzenegger really shows of his potential as he finds out that he's been cloned and goes on a fully-charged mission to get his identity back. He may be getting old at playing kick-ass leads like this but he's heavily supported by a worthy cast and he shows that he's still got it after all these years. Cue in death-defying stunts, brutal fist-fights and clever witticism as this is one of the best futuristic thrillers I've seen in a while.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Arnold
This film is worth five stars for the "Well in that case you should clone yourself while you're still alive...." line alone. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. Wallace
3.0 out of 5 stars
Brillant in places, poor in others
The 6th Day had at one point the potential to be one of Arnie's classics. After an hour of the film I was smiling at how great a movie this was, packed with great ideas some... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Colonel Decker
5.0 out of 5 stars
v good
looked everywhere for this title on dvd,, nobody had it, only on vhs,, brilliant film, arnie at his best, v good
Published 16 months ago by Kevin
4.0 out of 5 stars
another arnie hit
as a collecter of arnold schwarzenneger films i wasnt let down by this dvd. it has a lot of action in it .its about people being cloned without in some cases their knowledge. Read more
Published 24 months ago by scorpio
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Action and a Realistic Future movie! Pretty Good!
I first saw this film, when it was first released and enjoyed it (being a lot younger), so decided to buy it on video at the time. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2010 by Steve
3.0 out of 5 stars
Guilty Pleasure
Lets face it nothing is better for a sunday afternoon than a good ol' Arnie Film. It amazes me how good these older films look on Blu-ray, when the newer ones look no different to... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2010 by Smally
4.0 out of 5 stars
A film cloning other films
That film is not a masterpiece, for sure, even as an action film. But this film goes along with many films with Schwarzenegger that are dealing with the future. Read more
Published on 18 July 2010 by Jacques COULARDEAU
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sony Does It Again!
Arnold Schwarzenegger is Adam Gibson, a guy who loves flying and helping people enjoy the mountains. Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by DL Productions UK
2.0 out of 5 stars
The 6th day
The transfer to blue ray is very good but it does not improve the story.
It's a medium action movie
It's a medium action movie
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by W. I. L. Oost
4.0 out of 5 stars
Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 3.5~4.5/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras:...
Version: U.S.S / Region Free
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50
Running time: 2:03:34
Movie size: 32,765,399,040 bytes
Disc size: 37,850,907,511 bytes
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MPEG-4 AVC BD-50
Running time: 2:03:34
Movie size: 32,765,399,040 bytes
Disc size: 37,850,907,511 bytes
Average video bit... Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2008 by STEELBOOK_MAN
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