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THE SIXTH
DAY (SPECIAL EDITION)
THE
SIXTH DAY (SPECIAL EDITION) DVD FEATURES
Region Reviewed: Region 1 (RCE)
Number of Discs: 2
Sound: Dolby Digital
5.1
Picture: 2.35:1
Anamorphic
Special
Features: Audio
Commentary By Composer Trevor Rabin With 5.1 Isolated
Music Score, Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer, "On The 6th Day": 9 Behind-the-Scenes
Featurettes, Showtime Special - "The Future Is Coming"
3 Storyboard Comparisons, 2 Animatics, RePet
Infomercial
and TV Spot, Filmographies of Roger Spottiswoode, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Robert Duvall, Michael Rapaport, and Tony Goldwyn, Interactive
Menu, Scene Access.
The Sixth Day (Special
Edition) Plot:
In the not too distant future when cloning plants, pets and
human organs is accepted, a sinister corporation has begun
illegally duplicating entire human beings. They mistakenly
clone the wrong man, a man who is now the only one with the
power to expose their evil. They desperately want to kill
him, but he will do anything to reclaim his family and life.
The Sixth Day (Special
Edition) Review:
A few years ago, scientists shocked the world by announcing
that they had cloned a sheep. Cloning had long been the stuff
of science fiction, when suddenly t had become an alarming
reality. . Soon after the cloning announcement was made, lawmakers,
scientists, and the religious community undertook the great
debate as to the legality and ethics of human cloning. The
debate was laid to rest as cloning a human was said to be
impossible, and that sheep had a unique series of factors
that made them ideal for cloning. The debate seemed to be
forgotten until scientists cloned a cow and a monkey, and
later announced that human cells had been made to replicate
in an early step of the cloning process. Once again the debates
were raised, and once again, the cloning of a human was deemed
to be an illegal and unethical practice.
It is against this backdrop that Arnold Schwarzenegger makes
his return to the big screen in The Sixth Day.
The story opens in the very near future where high tech items
such as holographic maids, self- driving cars, and pet cloning,
are commonplace.
Schwarzenegger plays, Adam Gibson, a helicopter pilot who
is a loving family man and solid citizen. All seems well in
his life until he comes home one night to see another man
with his family. The matter is further complicated by the
discovery of the man being an exact ringer for himself. The
shock of seeing another man in his home has barely worn off
for Adam, when mysterious people arrive telling him that he
was cloned, and he must leave before anyone can see him. Before
Gibson can ask any questions, the strangers try to kill him,
leaving Gibson on the run for his life with his world turned
upside down overnight.
Before long Gibson is not only trying to save his own life,
but that of his family as he has become and unwitting pawn
in a much larger game with very high stakes.
The title of the film was originally going to be On
the Sixth Day in reference to the passage in Genesis
where God created man on the sixth day of the creation of
the Universe. The film raises some interesting questions regarding
the ethics of cloning, by showing both the positive and negative
sides of the debate. Schwarzenegger gives a restrained yet
effective performance as Gibson, and the supporting cast of
Robert Duvall, Michael Rappaport, and Michael Rooker is effective.
The film was directed by James Bond veteran Roger Spottiswoode,
and mixes, humor, drama, and action to provide an entertaining
film that does what few action films do, makes the audience
think. People ready to write off Schwarzenegger as a fading
action star might want to rethink this conclusion, as The
Sixth Day shows that Arnold can still deliver the goods.
The Sixth Day (Special Edition) Disc
Review: The new 2 Dics DVD is a loaded set containing
9 behind the scenes segments, a Showtime special on cloning,
trailers, and much more. A must have for any fan of Schwarzenegger