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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.

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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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What little good that can be said about The One is easily summed up in this sentence: Jet Li fights himself.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
11/10/01
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
N/R

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Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
11/09/01
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online
N/R

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Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
11/07/01
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

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Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/07/01
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/06/01
Ed Park
Ed Park
Village Voice

I'm happy to report that Jet Li's fourth American film crosses the finish line as far and away the best of them.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/05/01
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A disappointing marriage of science fiction and action, with too much sci-fi nonsense and not nearly enough action.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
11/05/01
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/04/01
Russell Smith
Russell Smith
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
11/03/01
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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This sci-fi/martial arts hybrid has the stale aura of a product assembled out of bits of other action movies.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/03/01
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

Just another martial arts movie, and one that’s painfully short on imagination, as well as lacking in humour.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
11/03/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

The One's script is just awful -- from premise to storyline to dialogue.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/02/01
Annette Cardwell
Annette Cardwell
Filmcritic.com

The One is one vacuous hole of a movie.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
11/02/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Li speaks and acts entirely too much here.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/02/01
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

The sight of Li battling Li isn't nearly as exciting as it should be.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
11/02/01
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

I guess you would call this a twin Jet movie. That doesn't quite take off.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/02/01
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

A chaotic kung fu, sci-fi, rama-lama-dingdong on themes handled more originally by The Matrix.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/02/01
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post

Fans of The Matrix will hold their noses, as will those who put down sparring Arnold Schwarzeneggers in The 6th Day (now looking better).

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
11/02/01
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

Not a video game, but an incredible simulation of one trying to pass itself off as a movie.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
11/02/01
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's the kind of movie ... where the hero is cheered not for the grace of his moves but for the number of rounds of ammo he can spray and the punches he can land.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
11/02/01
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
 
 
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