The 6th Day

2000 Directed by Roger Spottiswoode

Are You Who You Think You Are

Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Michael Rapaport Tony Goldwyn Michael Rooker Sarah Wynter Wendy Crewson Rodney Rowland Terry Crews Ken Pogue Colin Cunningham Robert Duvall Wanda Cannon Taylor Anne Reid Jennifer Gareis Don McManus Steve Bacic Christopher Lawford Mark Brandon Ellie Harvie Don S. Davis Chris Cound Ben Bass Walter von Huene Robert Clarke Michael Budman Warren Takeuchi Claudine Grant Alexandra Castillo D. Neil Mark Show All…

Alternative Titles

On the Sixth Day, Kuudes päivä, The Sixth Day, Szósty dzien, Il sesto giorno, Den sjette dag, Šestý den, À l'aube du sixième jour

mystery action science fiction

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Review by pd187 ★★★★★

one of the great modern b-movies. 5 nacho bananas out of 5.
Review by A. J. Black ★★½ 2

Let's be honest, The 6th Day would like to believe its quite a clever cautionary tale about the perils of human cloning, of playing God, but the reality is that it's built around the gimmick of two Arnold Schwarzenegger's in one movie and being able to get away with it - surely an action junkie's special kind of dream? The only problem is that Roger Spottiswoode's film is so hokey, so cheesy, and so desperately trying to trick us into believing it's got something to say, that it rarely can escape the schlocky, B-movie dumb action theatrics that the script and direction often fall back on - yet unlike Arnie's best, it's not half as much fun.
To the movie's…
Review by Helen ★★★★ 5

When DVDs first started becoming hugely popular I owned a few that I absolutely cherished. I would watch them on REPEAT. I kid you not, there were a few solid years when I would only watch these 5-6 movies and that was it. This gem was one of them.
I probably haven’t watched this since 2004 for that exact reason. While I’m not sure what about this movie sparked such a love (It honestly may have been those insane transitions), I do still enjoy it. I really miss weird late 90s / early 00s sci fi one offs... even the bad ones.

*Side note.... why does SimPal Cindy look exactly like Kuato?? I AM DEAD
Review by Benjamin Green ★½ 1

I might be back
First time watch: September 2004
Source: Amazon Prime
The 6th Day is a science fiction action film from the year 2000 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall and Michael Rooker set against a near future backdrop inwhich illegal cloning is taking place.
Theres few Arnold films that are actually good and I can enjoy (Terminator, Last Action Hero). This is not one of them. I hadn't watched this film in 15 years and having seen two Arnold's fighting it out in Last Action Hero I thought it could be fun to see another Arnold double act. Unfortunately this a simple case of a half decent plot cloaking an awful and predictable action film that includes plenty of…
Review by M.K. R. 3

IN THE FUTURE everyone will have late 90s boyband hair with frosted tips and will have names like Tripp and late 90s fads like xtreme sportz will still be all the rage
Future events such as these will affect you in the future
lol there's a lot of stuff in this trashy post-Verhoeven romp that would eventually find itself copied wholesale in such serious sci-fi epics as Minority Report and Blade Runner 2049.
shoutout to the Mad TV parody
Review by Cam ★★

"Somebody do something about that damn doll!"
Why haven’t we gotten a Sim-Pal Cindy horror franchise?!?
”Look I know it sounds crazy. I can hardly believe it myself.”

Cinematic Time Capsule - 2000 Ranked
Review by Steve G 🐝 ★★

One of the few Arnies I'd never seen, mainly due to its dreadful reputation and the fact that I don't think much of Roger Spottiswoode's films.
And it's not at all good, is it. The concept is quite good but is used to, at first, try and resemble Total Recall, and then used to just bore the crap out of me during an endless third act. Cannot believe how long this film felt, nor why they made it this long in the first place.
Even Arnie doesn't seem much bothered by this, and nobody else is really making the effort or taking this at all seriously, aside from Robert Duvall, who's seemingly acting in a different film to everyone else.…
Review by Ⓢⓒⓘ-Ⓕⓘ Ⓦⓐⓢⓐⓑⓘ🍥 ★★★ 2

Back when the world was rioting over animal cloning, because global warming hadn't been invented yet and the we ran on a 56kbps modem. We got this Arnie sci-fi action flick set in the future where nacho flavoured bananas are a thing, because that's the real American dream.
This was a failed attempt at cloning Arnie's glory years, while still trying to shovel some modern commentary into the mix. He plays Adam Gibson; one of those guys who's hell bent against cloning and new technology (until he needs them). He's supposed to be the voice of the audience, but mostly comes off as a crotchety OK boomer dad joke.
The film raises a few interesting questions regarding cloning, but isn't…
Review by Burrows ★★★ 1

My first watch of this one. I didn't see it when it was released in theatres or on video shortly thereafter. As I recall, it sort of bombed and was largely met by audiences with a bit of an eyeroll. The Arnold theatrical market was becoming saturated at the turn of the century. It didn't matter what the film content around him was--religious thriller, comedy, sci-fi action, another attack from SkyNet--mass audiences were simply less interested in Arnie.
THE 6TH DAY was right in the middle of that filmgoer indifference. This film's angle--clones. Arnold accidentally gets cloned, and a squad is out to kill him/his clone. It's a somewhat interesting concept, and it allows Arnold to play dual roles, sort…
Review by DirkH ★½ 5

part of midnight movie madness
Ok, so this is what you get when you watch films sleep drunk.
Thought this was about clowning.
Thought it was one of Ahnold's lost comedies or something.
Well, actually, that isn't too far from the truth......
Laughably bad.
Review by Silent J ★★★★★

"If you really believe that, then you should clone yourself while you're still alive...so you can go FUCK yourself!"
One of Big Arnold's coolest and most fun action films and, in my opinion, his most underrated.
Review by Evan “Kaizō Haya-shill” Pincus ★★★ 2

Tip to tail one of the most thoroughly ridiculous movies I’ve ever seen. First hour moves like lightning, second like lead, but it’s all a ton of fun. You will never hang out and make thermite with a clone of yourself... why bother bros

Recent reviews

Review by Ludvig ★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Frustrating movie because it holds so much potential, filled with fun and interesting themes in it's details. I love these movies from around the millenium break, where everyone was afraid of what the future of technology will be for mankind, usually they always focus on the negative parts. This movie talks about pretty alot of things, but mostly mans constant battle between time and death. However, i think it's in the details that makes this movie interesting. The battle between this oldschool guy that Arnold is against the everchanging reality. Where the movie fails is in it's editing. There are alot of annoying stuff here from long outdrawn transitions to extremely bad CGI (personally, i love the stuff). It uses…
Review by Victoria ★

pretty boring sorry
Review by Max Castleman ★★½

You'd think that two Arnolds would be better than one, but no... apparently not.
Review by Astyn ★★★½

would’ve been 5 stars if not for that horrific doll
Review by Daryl Bär ★★

Back in the winter of 2000 I started working as a projectionist in the new cinema in my hometown. One of the first movies we screened was The 6th Day and to this day I 100% thought I'd seen it upon release. Turns out... 17 year old Daryl never bothered. While I can totally understand that decision, The 6th Day wasn't as bad as I expected.
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Review by rogdie ★★★★

Back in 2000 when this movie was made, science had made breakthrough discoveries by de-sequencing human DNA and achieving the first cloned animal, a sheep. So the theme of this movie was quite realistic, the cloning of humans, and who better than to play a part of the hero and his cline in an action movie than Arnold Schwarzenegger ? 6th Day is an intelligent sci-fi action movie about the illegal cloning of human beings in an not too distant future (apparently 2015 !) and the consequences that could happen for the people who are the object of cloning. Tony Goldwyn is a memorable villain, but I Loved Michael Rooker as the main henchman even better. 8.2/10
Review by Arnus Prime ★★★½

i love sci-fi
Review by vaporeon ★★★

2015 was wild
Review by Tom Weaver ½

funny
Review by themoodiswrong ★½

embarrassing for all involved
Review by Callum Brown ★★★

This is really silly but really fun as well.
Review by Arran ★★★

Very 90s. Very Schwarzenegger