The 6th Day is a unique blend of 90s style action and cyberpunk anticipation about cloning, and human cloning in particular.
While other anticipation movies deliver their message in key moments or heavy-handed emotional sequences, 6th Day peppers them all over. A cloned character picks an earring from their previous body and complains about having to pierce their ear again. A customer enters a pet-cloning shop and wonders if his daughter really won't see the difference.
This movie probably won't engage you at a deep emotional level. None of the characters is much fleshed out, but still, they serve effectively to convey a wide range of attitudes towards death, grief, cloning, identity, that I'm still waiting to see in another movie.
But, The 6th Day does not shovel its messages down your throat. In the end, you're free to pick and choose what you'll retain. And if you just wanna relax and enjoy a dumb Schwarzie one-liner action movie ? Sure, you can ! (even though the action is nothing original)
If someone asked me for a movie about cloning, I'd definitely recommend this one.
While other anticipation movies deliver their message in key moments or heavy-handed emotional sequences, 6th Day peppers them all over. A cloned character picks an earring from their previous body and complains about having to pierce their ear again. A customer enters a pet-cloning shop and wonders if his daughter really won't see the difference.
This movie probably won't engage you at a deep emotional level. None of the characters is much fleshed out, but still, they serve effectively to convey a wide range of attitudes towards death, grief, cloning, identity, that I'm still waiting to see in another movie.
But, The 6th Day does not shovel its messages down your throat. In the end, you're free to pick and choose what you'll retain. And if you just wanna relax and enjoy a dumb Schwarzie one-liner action movie ? Sure, you can ! (even though the action is nothing original)
If someone asked me for a movie about cloning, I'd definitely recommend this one.