a5c7b9f00b A rogue Multiverse agent goes on a manhunt for versions of himself, getting stronger with each kill. With only one version remaining, he races against the clock to finish him and become "The One." This movie postulates what if there is more than one universe. And that all of these universes are held together by one single stream of energy and that energy is equally distributed to every living in each universe and if one of these beings die, that energy is reallocated equally to each other surviving member. And with each allocation, a person becomes stronger. Now one universe has mastered the ability of crossing into another universe, and a man named Shulaw who believes that if he can kill all of his counterparts, he will become invincible, but there are those who believe that it might have detrimental effects, so try and stop him. Unfortunately, he just has one more person to kill, Gabe Law, but the officers follow Shulaw but Shulaw has committed some crimes and Gabe is accused and is wanted. But Gabe discovers that he has changed and only wants to kill Shulaw not realizing what could happen. Fans of science fiction movies often find themselves disillusioned by B-movies and worthless crap such as Planet of The Apes, often churned out by Hollywood. Occasionally, a movie like Back to The Future trilogy or Matrix comes out that attracts fans again and again to relive the magic and ingenuity of Sci-Fi. The latest offering The One may not prove to be as record breaking as the above-mentioned ones but, at least, it has a clever storyline that would engross viewers from the word go! As the story goes, we do not live in a universe but multiverses and each one of us exists in hundreds on these independent universes. Yulaw (Jet Li) is a killer on a spree who wants to kill all of his other forms so he can become the one. His motive is that each time one of him dies, the deceaseds energy and life force is divided among the survivors and they become faster, stronger. He has killed 123 of his replicas and just one, Gabriel (Jet Li again!) remains before Yulaw can become the most formidable man in the multiverses. The movie is filled with encounters between the two and the battle of survival. Two cops from the most advanced universe Funsch (Jason Statham) and Roedecker (Delroy Lindo) are chasing Yulaw to bring him to justice and explain these incredible facts to Gabriel who he refuses to believe them.<br/><br/>There are enough special effects, astonishing theories, and mind-boggling explanations to keep an avid fan busy for 87 minutes. While a sci-fi fan would drool over the movie, the fans of mushy movies are advised to stay away from this flick At first glimpse, The One seems to be a Matrix rip-off, with stunning action sequences, bullet time, supernatural stunts, and even the name appears to be pulled from The Matrix.<br/><br/>I assure you, however, that this movie is nothing like The Matrix. In fact, I could almost say that it is, overall, a better movie. It doesn't try to be too cool, and remains serious instead of cheesy like some action flicks. I have some spoilers coming.<br/><br/>The main thing here is that The One is not just any action flick. It's a well thought out science fiction, and the idea of a multiverse is simply enthralling. The subject was approached rationally, maybe even better than Michael Crichton's book Timeline. There were hardly any contradictions, except for one at the end, but that was hardly noticeable.<br/><br/>The One is very interesting, but the ending lacked something. It was too much of a happy ending, and I just don't think it was possible–or necessary. Besides, it brought about the idea that there was a universe in which the main character hadn't met his future wife yet… now, how is that possible? It IS possible, but it would need to be under different circumstances that they met, not the exact same ones. Just something to think about, and it doesn't really mess up the movie. I doubt there will ever be a movie or book that follows this idea correctly without any contradictions.<br/><br/>All in all, this is a really good movie and I would recommend it to anybody who likes stylized martial arts and science fiction. The story is so ridiculous and the acting so completely amateurish, the fights have no dramatic impact; you don't care whether good Jet or bad Jet wins – not that you can tell them apart anyway.
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