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The One (2001)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:11
Rotten:72
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: The One plays out more like a video game than a movie and borrows freely from other, better sci-fi actioners like the The Matrix. Also, Jet Li's martial arts abilities are buried under the editing and special effects.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense action violence and some language
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Nov 2, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $43,905,746
Synopsis: THE ONE is based on the futuristic premise that there is more than one universe: there are many parallel universes, each of which contain a slightly different version of every person who has ever... THE ONE is based on the futuristic premise that there is more than one universe: there are many parallel universes, each of which contain a slightly different version of every person who has ever lived. Yulaw (Jet Li) is a rogue agent from the Multiverse Bureau of Intelligence who has learned that, by traveling from one parallel universe to another and killing the alternate versions of himself, he gains his counterparts's strength, speed and intelligence. After killing one hundred and twenty-three parallel versions of himself, Yulaw has gained almost unstoppable power--and there is only one version of himself left, Gabriel Law (Jet Li), a Los Angeles cop. Yulaw travels to the universe that houses his nemesis, followed by a pair of agents intent on stopping him from killing Gabe and either gaining near-Godlike powers, or destroying the fabric of all existence. Gabe is confused to find himself being hunted and shot at by himself, but with the help of his wife, T.K. (Carla Gugino), and the Multiverse cops (Delroy Lindo and Jason Statham), Gabe engages Yulaw in a series of spectacular fights to become the One. Glen Morgan and James Wong, creators of FINAL DESTINATION and several memorable episodes of THE X-FILES, direct this mind-bending martial-arts extravaganza. [More]
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, James Morrison, Tucker Smallwood, Mark Borchardt
Director: James Wong
Director: James Wong
Screenwriter: James Wong, Glen Morgan
Producer: Steven Chasman, Glen Morgan
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for The One
Replicates the experience of viewing an arcade demo for the same length of time.
Morgan and Wong lose sight of what makes Li such an appealing star in the first place: his natural athletic ability.
Li kicks a good amount of ass in the film, but he’s certainly no Oscar contender.
It's as if Wong and Morgan didn't think beyond the pitch session. It becomes painful to watch how quickly the duo squanders the story's potential.
Too serious about itself and its silly concept, and it offers nothing beyond the fight sequences we've seen before.
I like Jet, but...this particular "Version" of the idea deletes nearly all ripe tangents.
The cheapest and most nonsensical slice of quasi-Science Fiction silliness since Freejack.
"The One" is an expensive-looking martial arts-science fiction movie that delivers a lot less than you would expect from it.
What little good that can be said about The One is easily summed up in this sentence: Jet Li fights himself.
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