The One

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The One

PG-13,

2001,

1h 27m,

Action/

Adventure/

Sci-Fi/

Mystery & Thriller/

Fantasy

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In a stunning dual role, international 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.

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.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

Nov 6, 2001

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.

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Nov 3, 2001

2/4

This sci-fi/martial arts hybrid has the stale aura of a product assembled out of bits of other action movies.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Nov 2, 2001

2/4

Li speaks and acts entirely too much here.

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

May 17, 2022

2.5/5

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.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Dec 7, 2021

2/4

...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...

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Mar 25, 2021

2/5

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

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Dec 8, 2018

Very VideoGame like, Jet Li is a great actor but it is overriden by the horrible mechanics and editing.

George S

Oct 10, 2018

Why its there so much hate for this movie? I enjoyed it. It was fun and the action scenes were great. The only "bad" thing was that it was too short . Also why in a multiverses there were only 125 Jet lis. XD

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Ron S

Jan 3, 2018

A very underrated movie in the action-sci-fi genre which is loaded with low budget trash. Every couple years the One is an entertaining watch and kind of reminds me of a combination between Robocop vs time cop and the matrix.

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Draco P

Dec 30, 2017

Terrible film that wastes it's star

Hermione R

Oct 25, 2017

A mediocre sci-fi film that had an interesting idea but was run down with too many special effects and was similar to the Matrix. Still fun to watch though.

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Anakin W

Sep 3, 2017

Maybe if I watched it when I was 12 I would of loved it but now I'm pushing 30 I have a more sensible review in mind, The action was very over the top and it was ok I suppose, Allot of stunt wire work never appeals to me, I did like the story but the acting was pretty poor from all the cast and Jason Stathams American accent was laughable at times, It's not a terrible movie more of a let down.

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Synopsis

In a stunning dual role, international 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.

Director: James Wong
Producer: Glen Morgan, Steve Chasman
Screenwriter: Glen Morgan, James Wong
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Revolution Studios, Hard Eight Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Intense Action Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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