Just perfect...

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

As a fan of Jet Li in general, I still consider this as one of his best movies. On the one (see what I did there? ;) )hand, you have a great story line, and reason to carry on watching, but on top of this, you get to watch some kicka$$ martial arts. This has been in my personal movie collection for years, and I never get sick of seeing it, nor enjoying it. There are a great amount of otherworld easter eggs, and also the soundtrack made me want to find out who they were. And spoiler *Olie doesn't die!, at least not in another universe! Yay! I love the idea of finding "your centre", but in todays society, it makes it hard. Still, this is a movie worth watching 10/10

In 80s fantasy blockbuster Highlander, Connor MacLeod exclaimed 'There can be only one!' as he lopped off fellow immortals' heads and absorbed their power. In the ground-breaking 1999 sci-fi smash hit The Matrix, Neo was The One, a superhuman being with amazing speed and agility. In The One, a fun martial arts/sci-fi actioner that borrows ideas from both Highlander and The Matrix, Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li) hopes to become The One by killing off alternate versions of himself in numerous parallel universes, growing increasingly more powerful as a result.While this film might not be quite on a par with either of the titles it so blatantly borrows from, it does provide a whole heap of spectacular effects-packed entertainment, with blistering ballistic battles, amazing kung fu fights, and explosions galore as Yulaw tries to eradicate Gabe Law, the last of his doppelgangers. Extra firepower comes in the form of inter-dimensional agents Harry Roedecker and Evan Funsch (Delroy Lindo and Jason Statham), who do their utmost to apprehend the killer.Director James Wong (Final Destination and Final Destination 3) directs with gusto, employing state of the art CGI (at the time of release) and impressive wire-fu techniques to give his fight scenes maximum impact. The film builds to a hugely enjoyable, well choreographed climax in which Yulaw and Law duke it out in a factory, causing damage on a massive scale. A rocking nu-metal soundtrack also serves to enhance the impressive action. The film also earns bonus points for featuring not one, not two, but three versions of the lovely Carla Gugino.

Given the interesting idea behind the story, 'The One' could have been an entertaining flick. However, the contrived script, lack of character development and poor execution are what majorly let it down. Given the many plot turns, the writers could have done loads and easily turned this into better material. In all fairness, they do provide some funny lines. Jet Li is a good actor and his amazing martial arts skills can sometimes make an entire movie worth viewing. Yet, the way the film portrays his skills is very poorly done (close cropped camera limits the magnitude of the fight sequences). There are some good visual effects and some very bad ones. Performance-wise Jet Li does well with the limited characterization. Jason Statham and Delroy Lindo are passable. Carla Gugino is very good and she has great chemistry with Li. Overall, it's a missed opportunity.

This movie is pure entertainment. It's not something to challenge your sensibilities or present a side of a broad social issue, it's just fun. There is a collection of universes, or multi-verse for short, that is policed by an agency called the MVA. Two agents (Delroy Lindo and Jason Statham) apprehend a former MVA agent turned mass murderer named Yu Law (Jet Li) who just dispatched one of the last of his other selves. The very last is a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy named Gabrriel Law, who exists on mainstream Earth. Yu Law believes killing his other selves and allowing their life energies to disperse to him will turn him into a super being or destroy the multi-verse. Gabe Law and Jason Statham's character team up to stop the evil Yu Law.There is solid action with Jet Li's stylized wushu style of martial arts dominating the movie's fight scenes. The special effects are kind of cheesy with a type of grainy CGI used to depict the inter-dimensional teleporting. The guns Jason Statham and Delroy Lindo carry have extra long barrels with a strange blue light attached to it for some reason also which adds to the over all camp feeling of this film. The writers had a sense of humor sense there are some funny moments like the pictures of Jet Li posing in different costumes and wigs to depicts his characters' other selves in a series of pictures.A solid fun movie with decent action.