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The 6th Day

2000

Roger Spottiswoode

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Michael Rapaport, Wendy Crewson ...

4.8

16,565

Sci-Fi. Action. Thriller In "The 6th Day", a futuristic action thriller that treats the topic of genetic cloning, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Adam Gibson, a helicopter pilot who returns home from a trip to his wife and family to find his double--a human clone--already there living his life in his place. Because cloning is illegal, a team of assassins attempts to eliminate the real Gibson. Challenged by moral and scientific arguments, Gibson unites with his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A well-crafted entertainment containing enough ideas to qualify it as science fiction and not just as a futurist thriller (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Despite some deft touches, this logy thriller seems so familiar that you may find yourself waiting for its star, Schwarzenegger, to awake and find that he's actually in 'Total Recall'"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A bit of a clone itself, but it’s got a crackerjack helicopter chase, a semblance of a script, and a sotto voce performance by Robert Duvall (...) For Arnold’s career, at least, it’s not quite the end of days."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"Like Schwarzenegger's name, the film is too long and the fantastic action sequences are much more incredible than the science. But there's plenty of black humour"	NEU
United States	Bob Graham SFGATE	"This movie knows how to entertain (...) There is a running thread of macabre humor, but the best thing about it may be plain old moviemaking instinct."	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Subtlety has never been Arnie's strong point and action has never been Roger Spottiswoode's. Together, they bring us the worst of both worlds (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"Spottiswoode provides another satisfying slice of science-fiction action for star Arnold Schwarzenegger in this fast-paced futuristic thriller (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A mostly standard-issue latter-day Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner spiked with a creepily plausible cloning angle"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"This is slick and involving, if over-long, and manages to point (albeit unsubtly) to significant ethical issues. Any class, though, derives solely from the always impressive Duvall."	POS

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