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The 6th Day (2000)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
2/24
2/24:
I have no idea what The 6th Day is about.
Sure, the topic is cloning, but that's an excuse for the ensuing mindless violence. Oh, yeah...it stars
Arnold Schwarzenegger for what must be his twentysomething sci-fi picture. Perhaps he should find a different
genre or, better yet, stop acting anymore. He's embarrassing, but I like the scene when Arnold was talking to
himself for the first time which is surreal.
Okay, I'm confused. Were there three Arnolds? If true, so what happened to the first one? I know one was cloned
and he confirmed it by showing the dot underneath his left eye, but the other one never did. If it's really
two after all, then why was he cloned in the first place? What value does he bring to the table? I don't get it.
Either way, the biggest problem is the script. The writers didn't clearly establish the conflict from the get-go.
As a result, I got left behind at the train station. It doesn't matter anyway; the movie bombed big time at
the box-office because it's like watching Total Recall all over again. One
of the characters said, "You can't clone a brain, but you can clone a whole body." Uh...I'm sure there's no
latter without the former.
All in all, the first mistake of The 6th Day is rushing into the action without explaining the conflict.