The One (2001)
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14% of critics liked it
(85 reviews) -
59% of users liked it
(96,640 ratings)
Former X-Files writer James Wong makes his sophomore feature as a director at the helm of this science fiction thriller that's reminiscent of Timecop (1994). In the near future, a technology called "quantum tunneling" allows human beings to travel between parallel universes. The abuse… More Former X-Files writer James Wong makes his sophomore feature as a director at the helm of this science fiction thriller that's reminiscent of Timecop (1994). In the near future, a technology called "quantum tunneling" allows human beings to travel between parallel universes. The abuse of this ability by criminal elements has led to the formation of the Multi-Verse Authorities or "MVA," an agency of quantum traveling cops who apprehend violators of inter-dimensional laws. The MVA faces its greatest crisis when a former agent named Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li) goes renegade, traveling between one universe and the next, murdering his own parallel selves and gaining enormous power with each slaying. It is believed that when Yulaw has become "the one," the only version of himself to exist, he will be omnipotent, but the final Gabriel Yulaw exists in our plane of existence (the "magna universe") and is also becoming stronger, though he doesn't understand why. Hot on the evil Yulaw's trail are his former partner Harry Roedecker (Delroy Lindo) and Harry's new colleague Evan Funsch (Jason Statham). Created with Wong's longtime writing and producing partner Glen Morgan, The One (2001) co-stars Carla Gugino. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Wong
- Written By
- James Wong, Glen Morgan
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Nov 2, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Ed Park, Village Voice
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
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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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...a cold, hard, antiseptic film bereft of heart or mind. It is, in essence, a waste of Li's martial arts talent as well as his acting ability. (Blu-ray Edition)
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Bullets fly, lights flash, action occurs, time goes by, but nothing actually happens.
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Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
Hasn't enough good dialogue here for one Yulaw, never mind two.
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Cast
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Jet Li
as Gabe/Yulaw/Lawless
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Carla Gugino
as Massie, T.K., Walsh
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Delroy Lindo
as Harry Roedecker/Attendant
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Jason Statham
as Funsch
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James Morrison
as Aldrich/"A" World Inmate #1
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Dylan Bruno
as Yates
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Richard Steinmetz
as D'Antoni
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Bill Dunnam
as Penal Colony Inmate
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Ken Kerman
as "A" World Inmate
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Peter McKernan Jr.
as Helicopter Pilot
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Dean Norris
as Sgt. Siegel
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Denney Pierce
as ER Security Guard
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Tucker Smallwood
as Prison Warde
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Boots Southerland
as ER Security Guard
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B.T. Taylor
as Male Orderly
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Clement Blake
as Penal Colony Inmate
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Harriet Sansom Harris
as Nurse Besson
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Mark Borchardt
as Cesar
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Alan Purwin
as Helicopter Pilot
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Kevin Indio Copeland
as "A" World Inmate
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Edward James Gage
as Factory Worker
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David Keats
as MRI Technician
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Teddy Lane Jr.
as "C" World Inmate
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Darin Morgan
as Hugo
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Kimberly Patton
as Dr. Hamilton
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Steve Rankin
as MVA Supervisor
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Narinder Samra
as Dr. Hackler
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Joel Stoffer
as Dr. Franklin
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Thanh T. Tran
as Sleeping Boy
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Marco Verdier
as "C" World Inmate
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Archie Kao
as Woo
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Ron Zimmerman
as Rotten Ronnie


