The One

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The One

PG-13

2001

1h 27m

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

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In a stunning dual role, international star Jet Li portrays Gabriel Yulaw, a police officer confronted with a sinister form of himself escaped from an advanced, parallel universe and intent on killing Gabriel. His alter ego's hunt culminates in a fateful battle between good and evil that changes Gabriel's perception of reality and forces him to examine the evil hidden within himself.

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Critics Consensus

The One plays more like a video game than a movie and borrows freely from other, better sci-fi actioners, burying Jet Li's spectacular talents under heaps of editing and special effects.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Nov 6, 2001

Wong's efficiently creepy Final Destination was as much memento mori as teen disposal unit, but in The One the maze of death leads only to exhaustion.

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Nov 3, 2001

2/4

This sci-fi/martial arts hybrid has the stale aura of a product assembled out of bits of other action movies.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Nov 2, 2001

2/4

Li speaks and acts entirely too much here.

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

May 17, 2022

2.5/5

It has the goods where it counts: the climax is superb, coming as close as an American film could to capturing the breatheless, airborne energy of the fight sequences in Li's Chinese-language work.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 7, 2021

2/4

...the picture slowly-but-surely wears out its welcome as it progresses into a midsection and second half devoid of wholeheartedly engaging interludes and sequences...

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Mar 25, 2021

2/5

Taking an interesting premise and doing practically nothing new or original with it, this hasn't endured as an action movie classic.

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Zead E

@RT58588937 Aug 16, 2026

I can't believe this movie scores so low on both meters. I thought the premise was interesting and the execution was very cool and fun. I thought this was a great movie and I stand by that opinion.

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nehal P

@RT24580965 Jul 29, 2026

Still Better then Doctor Strange 2, very entertaining movie

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Chirag P

@trini Jul 29, 2026

Blend of The Matrix with a multi-verse starring Jet Li

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Michael D

@0redeyes0 Apr 30, 2026

For a 2001 sci/fi flick the graphics and CGI are pretty impressive. It has an impressive cast that holds the movie together. I was completely unaware that Jason Statham was in this movie until I saw him within the first 10 minutes. Yes, Jet Li is hard to understand at times, but you're not watching to hear dialog, you're watching to see the martial art scenes. If you catch this on a streaming service, give it a watch. It's entertaining and the Metal sound track is an interesting twist on movies of this type.

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Ben H

@thecreditshifu Mar 7, 2026

The One is a great movie, I don't care what the critics say. The martial arts in it are superb and really the movie is just a vehicle for that.

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Chao long Y

@533533 Mar 4, 2026

多元宇宙，这电影不差，李连杰的动作戏很精彩。

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Synopsis

In a stunning dual role, international star Jet Li portrays Gabriel Yulaw, a police officer confronted with a sinister form of himself escaped from an advanced, parallel universe and intent on killing Gabriel. His alter ego's hunt culminates in a fateful battle between good and evil that changes Gabriel's perception of reality and forces him to examine the evil hidden within himself.

Director: James Wong
Producer: Glen Morgan, Steve Chasman
Screenwriter: Glen Morgan, James Wong
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Revolution Studios, Hard Eight Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Intense Action Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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