
The 6th Day rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 49/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About The 6th Day
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.
Cast of The 6th Day

Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Adam Gibson

Michael Rapaport
as Hank Morgan

Tony Goldwyn
as Michael Drucker

Michael Rooker
as Robert Marshall

Robert Duvall
as Dr. Griffin Weir

Sarah Wynter
as Talia Elsworth

Wendy Crewson
as Natalie Gibson

Rodney Rowland
as P. Wiley

Terry Crews
as Vincent

Colin Cunningham
as Tripp

Ken Pogue
as Speaker Day
- W
Wanda Cannon
as Katherine Weir
The 6th Day facts
- Budget
- $82M
- Box office
- $96.1M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Cloning premise raises interesting ethical dilemmas throughout
- •Cyberpunk worldbuilding creates visually distinctive future society
- •Action sequences deliver competent execution with technical polish
What the audience disliked
- •Philosophical core gets buried under generic action movie plotting
- •Character relationships remain underdeveloped despite premise potential
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