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Name: The One (2001)
Released: 2001-11-2
Cast: Carla Gugino, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Delroy Lindo

The One (2001)

PG-13
1h 27m
2001

13%

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In a stunning dual role, international action 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. The One features riveting martial arts and innovative special effects.

Director:

James Wong

Producer:

Steven Chasman, Glen Morgan

Writer:

James Wong, Glen Morgan

Cast:

Carla Gugino, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Delroy Lindo

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

13%

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.

Reviews

Alternate Ending

Tim Brayton

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.

...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...

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

The biggest shame is that Li isn't allowed to show off his considerable kung fu talents without CG augmentation that ludicrously obscures his hand-to-hand combat techniques.

Twaddle of the highest order that makes you wish you had a wormhole of your own to escape into.

October 17, 2017

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