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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
Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English French
Dolby Digital 5.1
4 Jet Li Featurettes
Animatic Comparison Re Shoot
Director And Crew Commentary
DVD ROM Weblinks
Filmographies Of The Director And Cast
Animated Menus And Cross Promotional Trailers
Arabic\English\French\Hindi
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English French
Dolby Digital 5.1
4 Jet Li Featurettes
Animatic Comparison Re Shoot
Director And Crew Commentary
DVD ROM Weblinks
Filmographies Of The Director And Cast
Animated Menus And Cross Promotional Trailers
Arabic\English\French\Hindi
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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
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
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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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 6 months ago by Simon Wright
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 9 months ago by Megan
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 11 months ago by Mr. M. L. Rose
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 Ann Bessant
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
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
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
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
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
Mediocre martial arts
While I accept this film is more Hollywood fodder than movie masterpiece and Jet Li is great at what he does best, i can't help but feel disappointed and frustrated. Read more
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