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The One sets a martial arts milestone by pitting action star Jet Li against his greatest enemy: himself. This sci-fi thriller establishes a "multiverse" consisting of countless parallel universes, each populated by variants of every individual. Li plays a renegade from the Multiverse Agency, illegally travelling through "quantum tunnels" to eliminate all versions of himself until only two remain, each sharing the cumulative strength of their "parallel universe versions". This mumbo jumbo inspires a variety of dazzling special effects, and director James Wong (with cowriter and fellow X-Files alumnus Glen Morgan) injects clever humour into the Matrix-derived premise. Carla Gugino is wasted as the "good" Li's obligatory love interest, but The One will appeal to action fans with its fast-paced pursuit between the evil Li and two agents (Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham) assigned to stop his trans-universal killing spree. It's a one-gimmick movie, best enjoyed with your brain in neutral. --Jeff Shannon
On the DVD: The One, as with all martial arts films, needs near-perfect picture quality for full enjoyment; luckily the film's 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer is spot on with no graininess or washed-out colours. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack allows you to hear every punch that Li throws. As well as a scene-by-scene commentary from the director and crew, there are extras galore, including a 15-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, "Jet Li is The One"; "About Face", a short feature about creating the fight scene between the two Jet Lis; and the "Multiverses Create The One", which has more about Li's training for the movie. There's also a selection of trailers and filmographies. --Kristen Bowditch END
Synopsis
A cop must fight his evil double from a parallel universe in order to save himself and the world.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Rosslock
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Format:DVD
Forget the story. Its only there to set the scene for some of the most incredible and amazing fight scenes I have ever seen! Jet Li is amazing, and especially the fight at the end where he fights himself is truly the work of a martial arts film phenomenon!
Special effects are pretty cool too, especially, again, when he fights himself. Its so cleverly edited I dare you to spot when they use the double (as I'm sure they must have done even though I couldn't spot it!).
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By "krono4eva"
Format:DVD
No doubt about it, martial arts at it's best here people. Jet Li plays a fine part. The effects included are amazing to say the least, many of them see jet fight himself!!! Don't understand me huh? Don't worry about it, you'll understand if you see the film, even if the story is a little 'brain racking'. Action fans-a must. Jet li fans-definetely. Martial arts fans-Certainly. People in search of something light-sorry but no. The storyline is good but confusing. Overall though, a film worth getting and I'm sure you'll love it-Action/jet li/martial arts or even random fans. ENJOY!!!!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
This is a must see movie - if you liked The Matrix, you'll love The One. Jet Li's acting is pretty good, but the fight sequences are even better - every one of them, they get better as the movie goes on. The acting from Stratham and Lindo is impressive - Lindo's is better thatn it was in Gone In 60 Seconds, and if Stratham's acting is anything like it is in The One, than I am looking foward to The Transporter. The Soundtrack to the film is outstanding, and fits the film perfectly. So if you like action/sci - fi movies, this a definite must see.Top quality filming at it's best.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
One for the boys?
The One is about the `multiverse.' For anyone not up on modern sci-fi, that's the premise that there are countless different universes, all running parallel to our own. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Albatross
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant film
i think this is one of jet lis ultimate greatest films, lots of good fight scenes also stars jason statham as the cop chasing jet li, and tries to stop jet li killing people. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Simon Wright
4.0 out of 5 stars
The One
If your a jet Li fan then buy this your love it! It's back to the future but with loads more action!!!
Published 21 months ago by Megan
1.0 out of 5 stars
Attrocious
Really really really bad.
How can Li and Statham associate themselves with this?
The CGI isn't very good.
Story, what story, who needs one of those? Read more
How can Li and Statham associate themselves with this?
The CGI isn't very good.
Story, what story, who needs one of those? Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. M. L. Rose
4.0 out of 5 stars
The One
Great martial arts DVD. Jet Li is one of the greatest martial arts stars and this is well up to his usual standard. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by Annabelle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jet Li must martial up the courage to fight with himself
This is a multifaceted story of a multi-verse in which they even took the premise form the immoral. Turns out if you kill your other self in a parallel universe you get to split... Read more
Published on 16 May 2010 by bernie
5.0 out of 5 stars
The One
This dvd is one I purchased as I am a fan of Jason Statham, who appears in this film, I found after watching that I am now also a fan of Jet Li. Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by Mrs. D. H. Hodson
2.0 out of 5 stars
Jet Li's 'One' blemish in his career
The fights were sweet,although looked slightly cheesy. it looked like they tried to achieve the matrix type effects but didn't have a good enough budget. The Acting was OK. Read more
Published on 20 April 2007 by Jay
3.0 out of 5 stars
slick, stylish sci-fi..not as deep as it aims but great fun!
The One is a fusion of Matrix-esque stylish mind-bending sci-fi thriller with the more tradition kung-fu action that we expect from Jet Li. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2003 by Priyan Meewella
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jet Li vs Jet Li for the multiverse championship
What else could a guy ask for really? Not only do you have Jet Li doing his martial arts thing, which he does better than anyone else working in movies today, but he finally faces... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2003 by Daniel Jolley
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