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- 2000
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 2000
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
Summary A provocative, high-octane look at what happens when technology falls into destructive, corrupt hands -- and when one man refuses to be a pawn in the deadly conspiracy. (Columbia TriStar)
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
- 2000
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 2000
- PG-13
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
The 6th Day
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6.0
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Summary A provocative, high-octane look at what happens when technology falls into destructive, corrupt hands -- and when one man refuses to be a pawn in the deadly conspiracy. (Columbia TriStar)
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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37% Mixed
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17% Negative
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5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
49
47% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
37% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
17% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
The delight of this awesome thriller is simply that Schwarzenegger--an old hand at this sort of running-around-shooting-henchmen thing--could easily sleepwalk through the movie...but he doesn't.
Puts the fun back into going to Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. He said he'd be back, and he is.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 293 User Ratings
6.0
55% Positive
160 Ratings
160 Ratings
13% Mixed
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38 Ratings
32% Negative
95 Ratings
95 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 293 User Ratings
6.0
55% Positive
160 Ratings
160 Ratings
13% Mixed
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
32% Negative
95 Ratings
95 Ratings
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This otherwise undistinguished thriller about cloning is the most entertaining movie from the aging action star for some time.
The movie isn't "Blade Runner," but it's got some provocative ideas about the implications of cloning in a market-driven, capitalist society.
The 6th Day gets a lot of mileage out of Schwarzenegger, who once seemed incapable of playing anything other than a cartoon but is becoming more and more of a "real" person with age.
From its standard-issue action to its halfhearted dialogue and acting, that's one situation even two Schwarzeneggers aren't enough to solve.
OK, so I have heard of this one so I thought I was gonna check it out and I enjoyed it but not one of the best films I've seen but it does has some awesome action but not on the high note. Let me explain: On the 6th day, God created man (as you can tell by the tagline). "God created man in His own image, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." Cloning humans and animals are acceptable. However, cloning is illegal and forbidden now. Adam Gibson played by Arnold Schwarzenegger is going on a skiing trip with his friend, Hank played by Michael Rapaport, then he goes to the "RePet" store not only to get Oliver cloned 'cause he died but to get a SimPal doll named Cindy for her daughter. When Adam got home, he discovers that not only Oliver was cloned but much worse, Adam himself was cloned and he's with his family. Four Replacement Technologies security agents arrive to kill him but he escapes, stole his cadillac and the chase is on. When those bad guys are dead they get cloned and if they see him with his family, they'll be killed. So now it's up to Adam to clear his name, protect his family and defeat the cloning baddies. Okay, okay, okay, so I have to get to the point where I share my opinion on The 6th Day. This is truly a generic, generic action film but it is enjoyable for the most part. The concept of this is pure genius and intriguing but disturbing, no way! But it was poorly executed by it's cheesiness and bad acting. Don't get me wrong, what's really surprising is that two Arnold Schwarzenegger's met together and now they team up to stop the cloning. I saw the commercials of "RePet" from the Special Features. Two of them to be exact. I think the reason for this is because they wanted to be in the film for the "RePet" store scene. I will say for one thing that Tony Goldwyn was such a letdown in this film. Really hated his character, didn't really represent anything and overall his character is quite boring and what I found out is that he's been dead for years and now he's being cloned. This would've been an awesome film if it weren't for the poor acting from both especially from Arnold Schwarzenegger and the clone and the cheesy dialogue but it does have some thought-provoking ideas with the illegal cloning. Gee, I wish smoking can be illegal so that people don't get cancer. Don't expect too much from this movie, it wasn't anything special but it was enjoyable for what it is. I don't hate it, I liked it for what it was, it was an okay film. Not one of Arnold's best and not as good as one of his previous films in the past.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has made many good action movies in years, some debateable and controversial and some just action classics with not one fault against it's name.... However The 6th Day came along and what year it was made is irrelevant because all that matters is the actual movie. I watched The 6th Day and it was about human cloning and some parts of this film are odd like the girl doll that talks to you of it's own accord and Schwarzenegger who plays Adam Gibson tells it to shut up constantly only failing to do so until you tell it to go to sleep, I found this weird and the scenes where Michael Rapaport treats a holographic hot lady as his real mistress is laughable and pathetic, can't he get a real woman who's flesh and blood I mean what's wrong with these people lol. The action scenes are crap, the villains are weak, cheesey and Michael Rooker ****. The violence is unimpressive aswell so a poorly made and stupid film.
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The 6th Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rooker and Michael Rapaport.... It's a kind of sci-fi action film and is directed by Roger Spottiswoode who also directed James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies which is a great film in every way possible.... The 6th Day however isn't so great, full of stupid scenes like Michael Rapaport calling a holographic girl "cupcake" like she's his real girlfriend or something and the stupid doll that talks by itself which is annoying... Schwarzenegger even gets cloned in The 6th Day as he sees his double and most of the acting is laughable and same goes to the horrible characters and beyond bad villains and the poorly directed action scenes that look cheap and laughable. The 6th Day is a stinker in all departments.
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Production Company
Phoenix Pictures
Release Date Nov 17, 2000
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline ...And on the 6th day, God created man.
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 5 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 3 Nominations
