The 6th Day (2000)

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Adam Gibson finds his life has been taken over by a clone and finds that Robert Duvall's team of clone scientists wants him dead in this overlong and woefully written 80s scifi that awkwardly blends action and cornball humour and presents a hi-tech vision of the future featuring hologram and clone technology but also featuring venetian blinds, door hinges, duct-taped eskies, glitchy Betsy Wetsies, and Cadillac car chases through leafy suburban streets.

★☆☆☆☆

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The Judge (2014)

Built around a court case but in fact a better family drama than a courtroom one, this story of an estranged father (a judge) and son (a lawyer) reunited under, er, trying circumstances is about as consequential as an episode of Picket Fences, but I liked Picket Fences and I like this, too, for its humour, warmth, and for avoiding - to its great benefit - any mawkishness, even with an ending that could very easily have gone Presumed Innocent on everyone.

★★★★☆

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