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The One

Play trailer Poster for The One PG-13 Released Nov 2, 2001 1h 27m Action Adventure Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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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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Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Ben Falk BBC.com Rated: 2/5 Apr 17, 2002 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 1/4 Nov 18, 2001 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending 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. Rated: 2.5/5 May 17, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...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... Rated: 2/4 Dec 7, 2021 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Taking an interesting premise and doing practically nothing new or original with it, this hasn't endured as an action movie classic. Rated: 2/5 Mar 25, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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kelvin p Better than Marvel this days lol not better than Iron man though lol Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review William B A badass action-packed sci-fi thriller with one of the best soundtracks Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Kady B A mi me gusto la película, y ame la banda sonora que estuvo con paña roach ... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Malachy T A truely pathetic and totally boring B-grade movie. Don't bother watching it unless you are forced to. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/24 Full Review David W It's has ts faults but the storyline is quite prescient given the current big budget movie fascination with the multiverse. It's a Jet Li movie (OK The Stath does a commendable job as well) with a few nice sci-fi twists. Li is excellent as always and plays dual roles very effectively. It's a hugely enjoyable film all the way through but the ending is particularly good. Enjoyed this one a lot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review rafael r It's as corny as any early 2000's movie can get but that's the vibe I was going for when I watched it. A nice dark themed action movie I bought it on vhs just to give it that little extra touch of nostalgia. I would be lying if I said I was concentrated on the movie the entire time but it did the job it attended to do. Plus you get some well known actors which always make things a little better. If you ever stumble upon this movie I'll say keep it on ! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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