About The 6th Day Movie The 6th Day is a 2000 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as family man Adam Gibson, who is cloned without his knowledge or consent in the future of 2015. It was a success at the box office despite mixed reviews from critics, and Schwarzenegger received a salary of $25 million for his role in the film. The film opened at #3 at the North American box office, making 13 million USD in its opening weekend. Plot In the near future, the cloning of animals and human organs has become routine. Cloning entire humans, however, is prohibited by what are known as Sixth Day laws. Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), the owner of a cloning company Replacement Technologies, hires pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and partner Hank Morgan (Michael Rapaport) for a ski trip. Due to Druckers prominence, the two must first undergo blood and eye tests to verify their aptitude. On the day of Druckers arrival Gibson finds that his family dog has died, and Morgan offers to fly Drucker instead to allow Gibson time to have the pet cloned. After visiting a RePet shop Gibson remains unconvinced. Gibson returns home and discovers that not only has Oliver already been cloned, but a purported clone of himself is with his family. Replacement Technologies security agents intent on killing Gibson give chase. He seeks refuge at Morgans apartment after the police betray him to the agents. Minutes later, Tripp, a religious anti-cloning fundamentalist, kills Morgan and informs Gibson this Morgan was a clone. Tripp then admits having killed both Drucker and the real Morgan on the mountaintop earlier that day. Tripp then commits suicide to avoid being captured by Druckers security team. Gibson sneaks into Replacement Technologies and finds Dr. Griffin Weir (Robert Duvall), the scientist behind Druckers human-cloning technology. Weir confirms Tripps story, adding that to resurrect Drucker the incident had to be covered up and Gibson was cloned because they mistakenly believed he had been killed. Weir explains that Drucker could lose all his assets if the revelation became public, since clones are devoid of all rights. Sympathetic with Gibsons plight, Weir gives Gibson a memory disk of the Drucker clone but warns him that Drucker may go after his family. In a subplot, Weir discovers that Drucker has been engineering cloned humans with fatal diseases as an insurance policy against betrayal. Upon finding out that his own wife was one such victim, Weir confronts Drucker and is murdered. Druckers agents abduct Gibsons family and Gibson comes face to face with his clone. After punching the clone for sleeping with his wife Gibson teams up with his doppelgänger and the two devise a plan to destroy Druckers facility. While Gibson wrecks the security system and gets himself captured, the cloned Gibson sneaks in, plants a bomb and rescues his family. Meanwhile, Gibson learns that he is the clone. Enraged, the cloned Gibson fights off Druckers agents and Drucker is mortally wounded. Drucker manages to clone himself before he dies but the malfunctioning equipment causes the new Drucker to have a disfigured appearance. As the cloned Gibson fights his way to the rooftop he is rescued by helicopter by the real Gibson. Meanwhile, the new Drucker falls to his death and the facility explodes. Now having a more moderate view of cloning, the real Gibson arranges for his clone to move to Argentina to start a satellite office of their charter business. The clones existence is kept a secret, especially upon discovering that his DNA has no embedded illnesses, giving him a chance at a full life. As a parting gift to the real Gibsons family, the clone gives them Hanks RePet cat. The real Gibson gives the clone a flying send-off.
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