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The One (2001)

Directed by James Wong

Action | Science Fiction | Thriller

Most recently watched by sleestakk, elisabethwithns

Overview

A sheriff’s deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.

Rated PG-13 | Length 87 minutes

Actors

Jet Li | Carla Gugino | Delroy Lindo | Jason Statham | James Morrison | Dylan Bruno | Richard Steinmetz | Steve Rankin | Tucker Smallwood | Harriet Sansom Harris | David Keats | Dean Norris | Ron Zimmerman | Darin Morgan | Mark Borchardt | Joel Stoffer | Ashlyn Gere | Denney Pierce | Boots Southerland | Archie Kao | Narinder Samra | Ken Kerman | Kevin Indio Copeland | Marco Verdier | Teddy Lane Jr. | Clement Blake | Bill Dunnam | Edward James Gage | B.T. Taylor | Peter McKernan | Alan D. Purwin | Matt Birman | Greg Bronson | George H. W. Bush | Ronald Gamble | Darrell Geer | Al Gore | Ramsey Luke | Karl J. Minot | Cynthia Pinot | Doug Savant | Scott L. Schwartz

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This movie obviously owes a lot to THE MATRIX as it imitates some of the same special FX and camera work, but to less cinematic effect. Sci-fi movies from the late ‘90s, very early 2000’s are interesting in that they exist in the time period where the industry was rapidly adopting computer visual FX but the technology was still in transition. And so you end up with things like THE ONE. It’s not bad given its time period, but it is dated.

Also, definitely not the best use of either Jet Li or Jason Statham’s martial arts skills, though there is some fun wirework in this coordinated by Corey Yuen.

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