One, The - BLU-RAY Version (2001)

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Starring:	Jet Li \| Carla Gugino \| Delroy Lindo \| Jason Statham \| Mark Borchardt \| James Morrison \| Tucker Smallwood
Director:	James Wong
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	87 mins
Collections:	Blu-ray
Genres:	Action/Adventure
Languages:	English
Dubbed:	Castilian Spanish
Subtitles:	Castilian Spanish, Hindi, English
Released:	April 13, 2009

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' strength, speed and intelligence. After killing one hundred and 23 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.

Total Film

’Wong adds real muscle to the high concept with a string of truly excessive action sequences […] It's like an insane Japanese Manga flick in live action’

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Rated 2.0 stars
A little flat

blindbobcat from , 11th November, 2009

I've never been a big fan of kung-fu movies, but I had respect for Jet Li so I thought I would give this a try, plus my housemate raved about it. The film has an interesting premise that 'sort of' makes sense. The fight scenes are impressive and the whole thing carries itself with this sort of overdone 'coolness'. But I just couldn't enjoy it because of it's many shortcomings, namely Jason Statham's hideous American accent, which had me cringing every time he spoke, the cheesy driving nu-metal soundtrack, and the odd plastic weaponry. I'm glad I got it out of the way, and it does look nice in hi-def, but overall the movie is a disappointment.

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