Director Roger Spottiswoode creates a world of the very near future in which cattle, fish and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal -- that is, until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn’t understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must now destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him. The 6th Day is the story of Gibson's struggles to reclaim his life and his family.

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Send in the clones - The good news is, Arnold Schwarzenegger's commitment probably got this ambitious sci-fi thriller made. The bad news is, it would have been better without him. In the near future, dead pets can be cloned at RePet shops, virtual girlfriends offer the fun of real women without the upkeep and kids clamor for interactive playthings like SimPal Cindy. "Don't you have real friends?" old-fashioned dad Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) asks his little girl. "Yes, and they all have SimPals," she replies pertly. Gibson and best friend Hank (Michael Rapaport) run a helicopter service catering to the filthy rich, and their newest client is billionaire Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn) of Replacement Technologies, RePet's corporate parent and a leader in cloning research. Because it's Gibson's birthday and he's got errands to run, Hank takes over the Drucker job without bothering to tell the client. But when Gibson goes home that night, some guy who looks exactly like him is enjoying his birthday celebration with his family and friends. Then a bunch of thugs (Michael Rooker, Rod Rowland, Terry Crews and Sarah Wynter) try to kill Gibson. The fact is, Gibson has been cloned, which makes him living proof that stringent "6th Day" laws (as in "on the sixth day, God created man"), enacted after a disastrous experiment in human cloning, have been violated. His only chance to get back his life lies in figuring out how and why he was cloned, and using that information against the (ir)responsible parties. Schwarzenegger is profoundly unconvincing as a regular guy caught up in a futuristic nightmare, and his monumental, cartoon-like presence undermines the generally somber tone. The movie isn't BLADE RUNNER, but it's got some provocative ideas about the implications of cloning in a market-driven, capitalist society. It would be nice if they weren't competing with cliched explosions, car chases, gun battles and Schwarzenegger's trademark, ham-fisted quips.

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Can two Arnolds be better than one? Think of the prospects: "I'll be back." "No, I'll be back." Moviegoers find out for themselves, as they're transported into the not-too-distant future (just far enough to take pokes at today's society but still wow us with snazzy gadgets) for this aged copy of Total Recall (save the mission to Mars--oh, and most of the thrills). In Tomorrowland, cloning pets is cool, but humans are off-limits--though some bad folks do it on the sly. When Ah-nuld's family man finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, he ends up doubled. Each of him is pursued by maniacal bio-cops and predictably forced to battle with eccentric entrepreneur Tony Goldwyn and his chief scientist (Robert Duvall, giving a twisted but emotionally deep performance). Some laughs do lighten the load, but there's no foolin' either of us--this dupe's pretty much a dud.

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In this science-fiction thriller set in the very near future, DNA cloning has been perfected and has become an accepted part of everyday life -- cattle and fish are cloned for sale at the market, genetically engineered fruit and vegetables are found in most family's kitchens (nacho-flavored bananas, anyone?), and if your pet dies, you can even order a cloned replacement. But laws have been passed that strictly forbid the cloning of human beings. However, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who believes people should live and die the old-fashioned way, discovers that someone has been violating these regulations. After Adam survives a severe crash that sends him to the hospital for months, he comes home to discover someone has duplicated him. Now Adam is on a mission to find out who cloned him and why, as he struggles to take back his life from a scientifically created impostor, his boss Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), and a pair of thugs (Sarah Wynter and Rod Rowland) who have been cloned into near-indestructibility. The 6th Day also stars Robert Duvall as cloning expert Griffin Weir, Michael Rooker as Drucker's right-hand man Robert Marshall, and Michael Rapaport as Adam's partner, Hank Morgan.

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In this futuristic action thriller, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) arrives home one day to find he has been cloned and replaced by the sinister forces of Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn). Once Gibson understands the conspiracy secret of having clones take over the world, Drucker issues a contract on his life. This leaves Gibson with no choice but to escape from his would-be assassins and, at the same time, uncover Drucker and his evil plan.

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In the near future when the cloning of all species except for humans is legal, family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to discover that a clone has replaced him. He must next save himself from the assassins who need to destroy him in order to protect their secret. Then he must uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

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In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical version of himself--an illegal human clone--celebrating with his family and friends. The next thing he knows, a squad of killers is after him in order to hide the evidence of their cloning activities, funded by Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), a powerful businessman who hopes to make billions from human cloning in collaboration with his medical expert, Dr. Griffin Weir (Robert Duvall). Of course, nobody believes Adam when he says there's an impostor living his life, and soon he has to take matters into his own hands while being chased by bad guys who won't stay dead thanks to the magic of cloning and Syncordings, instant memory downloads. THE 6TH DAY is an intriguing sci-fi thriller, combining science fact and fiction with everything viewers could want from a Schwarzenegger movie: terrific special effects and an action-packed story, with two Arnolds for twice the fun.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger finally meets the screen foe he may not be able to defeat--himself--in this imaginative sci-fi thriller. In the near future, helicopter pilot Arnold discovers that a sinister genetic engineering firm has created a clone of him, and now that double is living with his family. Can Schwarzenegger get to the bottom of what happened and reclaim his identity?

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Futuristic thriller about a helicopter pilot who returns home one day to find a clone of himself living with his wife and raising his daughter. His efforts to find the clone's origins makes him the target of a corporate-sponsored assassination attempt.

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In the world of the very near future, cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must now destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him. A not to be missed futuristic action adventure about one man's struggle to reclaim his life and his family.

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