Don't listen to the negative reviews

Did you people see the same film I saw?

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I have watched this movie at least 8 times so I gave it an 8 it is actually a 10 I believe, I am always looking for a better quality release we need a 2160p release. The only movie I think I have watched more would be Total Recall 1990 of course; wow that movie is just the ultimate action / sci-fi movie. The line consider this a divorce was way too good thanks to Arnold. I watch anything with Jet Lee in it good or bad he never lets me down but this was real good. When this first came out 17 years ago in 2001 wow the first 20 minutes of the movie blew me away and still today it is some of the best action / sci-fi footage I have ever enjoyed. When Jet Lee picks up those two motorcycles well I can't get enough I rewind that part 2 or 3 times way too cool and looks real the effects are very well done. It would be hard to keep the movie interesting after that great start you would think but this movie keeps on giving. The whole cast is great and speaks for its self and fits each role perfect. Just to mention a couple. Jason Statham - Who doesn't like this guy in an action movie. Carla Gugino - She is smoking hot in her roll. Poor mouse though! Delroy Lindo - He plays a great part as expected. I could go on big time but just watch it and you we see just how this movie is way under rated. They could not remake this movie today better than the original.

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

The One is Jet Li's stand alone science fiction vehicle. I would not regard this as essential viewing for Jet Li fans or the sci fi crowd. However, The One still is a pretty decent sci fi/ action buttkicker in its own right and brings a lot of fast paced, action packed entertainment. I would say The One has a lot in common with both Time Cop and The Matrix. There is the occasional nod to Highlander as well. In this film, there are parallel universes and Jet Li travels through the multiverse killing off alternate versions of himself and absorbs their energy. Now only two versions of himself remain and good Jet must fight evil Jet, so evil Jet does not upset balance in the universe. I dig the premise of the film, but it is kind of sold short here with a lack of substance. Although the selling point of this movie is action, I would have liked more of a story and character development. The finished product is a pretty average and straight forward action movie with a sci fi backdrop. Although the story is very simple, the fight scenes are not and is one of the finer qualities of the film. Corey Yuen choreographs the intense and very complex fight scenes. To watch Jet fight is an excellent reason to watch the film and in that area, Jet excels and is in a class of his own. Even though this is PG 13 action, the scfi elements make the action interesting and I don't feel if the violence was more impactful that the film would be any better. Jason Statham gives a real good early performance as a multiverse agent(cop) and he probably put more effort into this performance than he does in a lot of his other projects where he is cast as the lead in the future. The soundtrack for The One is a negative aspect for me as I despise the genre of nu metal and watching The One is a constant reminder of one of the many reasons the late90's/early00's really sucked. I'm sure it was an attempt to get the Hot Topic kids to buy movie tickets. If I was deaf I would have enjoyed this more, but even with the horrible and really stupid music of Papa Roach, Disturbed and Drowning Pool The One is still a decent watch.

The good: The effects of going between universes are kind of cool The bad: Action that fails to excite, weak acting, poor script, Quite simple: It's been done before, and done better.I like to say this to people: Just because a movie is full of action and special effects and uses the plot as glue to hold it together, doesn't mean it sucks. As long as I don't care about the plot, the film works.There are films that work with action and plot together to create a masterpiece: The Matrix, for example. There are films that center on plot and characters to create a compelling piece of entertainment. There are films that center on action, and forget about creating a great plot to create a roller-coaster ride to thrill the viewer, for example, Transformers. There are films that just flop on all counts. This is one of those films.The action is boring, the superhuman "One" is clearly taken from THE Matrix, The parallel universe idea is kind of cool, but this is just made boring by the "chase" mentality. The special effects are just lame, so the only thing to save it would be the characters. The characters could be said to be bland, but it goes beyond bland. It's flat out pathetic how dumb and lame this film is in its characters.Bottom Line: STAY AWAY!