The 6th Day
2000 · Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Original language: English
- action
- science fiction
- thriller
The story
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 destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.
What it’s like
Glossy, high-key digital futurism: sleek white corridors, chrome-and-glass interiors, and bright suburban daylight that turns cold and clinical the moment the story tilts into conspiracy. Neon and night-time car chases bring in cooler blues and orange streetlight, and the action is shot in fast, kinetic cuts with plenty of handheld energy during the set pieces. The score is a driving, synth-tinged action soundtrack, pulsing under gunfire and chases and easing into more ordinary suburban textures between them. This is an action-thriller with a cyberpunk sheen and a dystopian undercurrent, warm and domestic in its opening stretch and cold, paranoid and brisk after that. Its violence is frequent and fairly standard for a 2000 Hollywood action film: gunfights, explosions, and people shot or beaten, with some blood but no gore-heavy focus. The mood is restless and propulsive rather than contemplative, suited to a Friday night or a flight where you want momentum over subtlety. It is for viewers who enjoy a high-concept premise, a family-man hero thrown into danger, and an unapologetically muscular star vehicle.
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