Double the Arnie?
It seems I have gone on a bit of a Schwarzenegger bender in recent weeks - watching numerous films starring the Austrian muscle man from his heyday, such as Total Recall, The Running Man and End of Days. But, with the path firmly set for the Governor to return to making movies, it’s all relevant and I feel little remorse…although The Running Man really did test my patience.
The 6th Day is another science-fiction narrative that begs a what-would-happen-if question, this time exploring the abundant issues surrounding human cloning.
Schwarzenegger plays a likable business-cum-family man called Adam Gibson, who owns a successful helicopter business. Conflict strikes him though, with the death of his pet dog, which he knows will upset his fragile daughter. In order to avoid the inevitable tears, Arnie plans to have the dog cloned - because, as with many Arnie movies, this is the future and you can do that now! However, he decides against it, nervous about the moral and ethical complications, and plans to return home…only to find himself the victim of cloning - with an identical Arnie standing in his living room.
Thus ensues a mind-bending action-adventure whereby Adam must find out who is behind this dastardly plot, and why they have chosen him, whilst coming to terms with his own clone.
Full of the usual antics of a simple sci-fi caper, The 6th Day never really attains the status of other Arnie classics, certainly not that of the aforementioned Total Recall. Here the plot is far less engaging, and the characters not nearly as interesting. The action is good, but predictable, as are the thicker-than-mud cheese ball lines.
A must-see only if, like me, you need to complete an Arnold Schwarzenegger compilation marathon, otherwise you should probably watch Terminator 2...AGAIN!
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