When it comes to Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, "The 6th Day" has a very compelling story with a remarkable plot. It sort of has similar intentions like "Total Recall", with it science-fiction hell-bent on confusing its audience based on identity guessing. But "The 6th Day" exceeds "Total Recall" in that it emphatically brings up some interesting pondering subjects based on human cloning. But since Arnold's the big man on campus here, and that means profanities are thrown in this movie and in addition to that, the film is not made to enhance your intelligence, it's good for the entertainment purposes. The script offers nothing new as we know all along who's the real Adam Gibson (Arnold) and who's the cloned replica. But the subplots are quite riveting enough to keep its viewer glued to their seats.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode hits the chords perfectly with action and drama and pacing comes across very well in terms of execution. Arnold fanatics might be distraught that the action scenes seemed watered down quite a bit in comparisons to his other films before this one, but the action scenes are still engaging and fans of this genre can still remain satisfied.
The ensemble turns in their best efforts regarding the material that was given to them. Arnold still plays out the roles he's good at which is limited dialogue, flexing those biceps and flashing his spaced out teeth during action scenes. His acting has stepped up a tad better than his other films, and character is provided with strength and vulnerability and his stoic expressed tongue in cheek humor is very subliminal. Michael Rapaport has the most comical relief and adds funny scenes involving he and his girlfriend. Tony Goldwyn shines as the villainous scumbag who runs a cloning factory. And Robert Duvall is excellent as the scientist who remains cautious of the crazy things going around.
To summarize, "The 6th Day" succeeds in making the story and the plot very captivating. The idea of cloning should have more further emphasized, but it still makes up for the always popular good vs. evil story.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode hits the chords perfectly with action and drama and pacing comes across very well in terms of execution. Arnold fanatics might be distraught that the action scenes seemed watered down quite a bit in comparisons to his other films before this one, but the action scenes are still engaging and fans of this genre can still remain satisfied.
The ensemble turns in their best efforts regarding the material that was given to them. Arnold still plays out the roles he's good at which is limited dialogue, flexing those biceps and flashing his spaced out teeth during action scenes. His acting has stepped up a tad better than his other films, and character is provided with strength and vulnerability and his stoic expressed tongue in cheek humor is very subliminal. Michael Rapaport has the most comical relief and adds funny scenes involving he and his girlfriend. Tony Goldwyn shines as the villainous scumbag who runs a cloning factory. And Robert Duvall is excellent as the scientist who remains cautious of the crazy things going around.
To summarize, "The 6th Day" succeeds in making the story and the plot very captivating. The idea of cloning should have more further emphasized, but it still makes up for the always popular good vs. evil story.