DVD Movie Rating for: The One

4 out of 5

Movie Plot of: The One

There is not one universe, but there are many, which is a multiverse. Supposing you are just one person, there are many other versions of you in the other universes, there are ways to travel, but only a police agency,MVA, can travel only for police procedures. Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li)is a former MVA agent, who killed another version of himself in self-defense. It made the other versions of him stronger. When Yulaw found out about this, he became power-hungry killing the 122 other versions for two years. After killing Lawless (also played by Jet)and getting captured by his former partner Roedecker (Delroy Lindo) and a new MVA agent Funsch (Jason Statham) Yulaw managed to escape the prison and is trying to kill his last target, Gabe Law (also played by Jet) who is a police officer. He is also at Yulaw's strength. Roedecker and Funsch now have to arrest Yulaw before he can kill Gabe. There is a possibility that the universe could die or make Yulaw invinible. After encountering Yulaw for the first time, Gabe thought that it was his split personality, but it wasn't. Will Gabe be able to confront Yulaw before or after Yulaw ruins his life?

DVD Production Details of: The One

Director: James Wong (IV)

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
DVD Features:
Commentary by director and crew

Theatrical trailer(s)

Making-of featurette

Animatic comparison

Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats

Cast of the movie: The One

• Jet Li .... Gabe Law/Gabriel Yulaw/Lawless
• Carla Gugino .... T.K. Law/Massie Walsh
• Delroy Lindo .... MVA Agent Harry Roedecker
• Jason Statham .... MVA Agent Evan Funsch
• James Morrison .... LAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich
• Dylan Bruno .... Yates
• Richard Steinmetz .... D'Antoni
• Steve Rankin .... MVA Supervisor
• Tucker Smallwood .... Prison Warden
• Harriet Sansom Harris .... Nurse Besson
• David Keats .... MRI Technician
• Dean Norris .... Sgt. Siegel
• Ron Zimmerman .... Rotten Ronnie
• Darin Morgan .... Hugo
• Mark Borchardt .... Cesar

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Reviews of the movie: The One

When me and my cousin went and saw this, we both had no idea on what it was about. All we knew was that it was a rip off of THE MATRIX. But, THE ONE is a lot better. *MINOR SPOILERS* It tells the story of a sheriff deputy Gabe Yulaw (Jet Li) who must stop a universe-traveling killer who is killing himself off in other universes to gain their power. This is a movie that hits you hard on the action sequences. They are extremley intense. And since we saw this on the HUGE screen, the sound and stuff was all very loud. And also very good. This is a quick flick that tries to disguise itself as a thriller at some parts which I thought we pretty lame. But this movie is a typical sci-fi action thriller, quick moving and uses mind blowing special effects. If you want something a little different, take this title off the shelf.

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 traveling 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 humor into the Matrix-derivative 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.