Sixth Day, The (US)
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Certificate: 12
Running Time: 124 mins
Retail Price: $27.95
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger is Adam, an ace pilot in the very near future who is having a serious identity crisis. An evil corporation illegally cloned him, and now they`re trying to kill him to hide the evidence. Torn from his beloved family and faced with a shocking exact duplicate of himself, Adam races against time to reclaim his life and save the world from the underground cloning movement.
From the director of Tomorrow Never Dies, The 6th Day also stars powerhouse actors Robert Duvall (Gone In 60 Seconds, Deep Impact) and Michael Rapaport (Deep Blue Sea, Cop Land). Prepare for a high-tech sci-fi blast with twice the Arnold and twice the action!
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Audio Commentary by Composer Trevor Rabin with Isolated Music Score
RePet Infomercial and TV Spot
Theatrical Trailers
Production Notes
Talent Files
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 English
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 French
Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
CC: English
Directed By:
Roger Spottiswoode
Written By:
Marianne Wibberley
Cormac Wibberley
Starring:
Sarah Wynter
Michael Rooker
Tony Goldwyn
Michael Rapaport
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Casting By:
Judith Holstra
Michelle Allen
Soundtrack By:
Michael Wandmacher
Trevor Rabin
Director of Photography:
Pierre Mignot
Editor:
Kirk Moses
Dominique Fortin
Mark Conte
Michel Arcand
Costume Designer:
Trish Keating
Production Designer:
John Willett
James D. Bissell
Producer:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Mike Medavoy
David Latham
Jon Davison
Executive Producer:
Marianne Wibberley
Cormac Wibberley
Daniel Petrie Jr.
David Coatsworth
Distributor:
Columbia / Tristar
Your Opinions and Comments
The video transfer is excellent. There are no compression signs to be seen at all and the colors are very clear. The numerous dark scenes are rendered perfectly. The special effects are done very nice as well.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is great. The surrounds are used throughout the movie and the soundtrack itself is very aggressive (which is a good thing for action thrillers).
The menus are all animated with sound.
The extras include a commentary with an isolated score track and some commercials from the movie itself. Unfortunately, there is no featurette about how the special effects were created.
Bottom line - a good action thriller which topic is extremely relevant nowadays.
"The Sixth Day" revisited - November 2007
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It`s been over six and a half years since I first watched and reviewed this movie.
Upon watching it for the 2nd time, during a cool Saturday morning I can say it still kept me at the edge of my seat.
It simply has a lot to offer - thrills, chills, some laughs, a lot of moral and Arnold`s pathetic (yet usual) performance.
My original mark for the extras was a mare 6, but given the fact that this disc is SO poor on extras, it`ll have to go. 5 it is, then.
Bottom line - still not outdated, even six and a half years into the future. Enjoy! :)
The resulting movie is an uneasy mixture of heroic cliches and potentially thought provoking dramatics.
It`s sporadically enjoyable and the action is great, but any designs it might have had on being a weighty piece of cinema are squashed by Arnie`s presence. Conversely, if the story was tailored more to the typical entertainment fare, this really could have took off and re-established it`s star as the commodity he once was. To be fair, It very nearly achieves this goal. The comedic/light hearted moments are certainly well staged, it`s just that the tone is noticeably inconsistent (they can`t have it both ways!).
The disc itself is surprisingly low on extras after seeing the misleadingly big list on the back cover, as only the commentary by Trevor Rabin (isolated score) is worth mentioning. The A/V quality is everything you`d expect from a film this new, but this is another R1 DVD without a DTS soundtrack (why?).
So, is it worth bothering with? probably, but just be warned that it`s quarter of an hour longer than necessary and has a fairly uncommited ending. There`s still plenty here to get excited about, it`s the big man back on some sort of form, but a clearer vision would have helped. Devout Arnie fans will be happy enough and glad to put End of Days behind them.