One

Pros: Jet Li’s command of the English language has improved immensely.
Cons: Some of the violent scenes are unsettling.

After watching the trailers to the movie “THE ONE” (2001) I finally had a chance to see the movie staring actor Jet Li this weekend. This is a science fiction kung fu movie revolves around a cop battling another version of his evil...

Pros: Some good action choreography; some amusing moments.
Cons: Plot, weak sci-fi ideas, plot, wasted supporting cast, plot, general contrivance, plot...

You know, to be honest, I am not really sure what is more perplexing: the fact that The One has squandered many opportunities to be a decent sci-fi thriller. Or the (shuddering) fact that Jet Li actually turned down the opportunity...

Pros: some neat stuff
Cons: hard to buy story, action is not top-notch.

There is one scene in The One that is so gleefully silly, I couldn't help but smile. The scene involves an evil Jet Li using motorcycles like flyswatters to swat away pesky police officers. Unfortunately, that's the only scene in the...

Pros: Special effects, decent pilot, oh heck, I'll say it...a real sci-fi script.
Cons: Jet Li's acting, no real star power and predictability of storyline.

This movie really surprised me. Seldom does a film so convincingly combine a mediocre script with real sci-fi accountability, amazing special effects and average acting, original fight scenes with no stars attached to the production, or even leaving the...

Pros: Li, fight scenes, special effects
Cons: Poor character development, some weak acting at times

"Yulaw" (Jet Li) is a former "MultiVerse Authority (MVA)" officer who became drunk with power when he realized that when one of his parallel counterparts in alternate universes, their energy is distributed to thier counterparts in the parallel universes. ...

Pros: Demands an intelligent audience, Good efforts at character development
Cons: Choppy editing, Plot contains many holes, Awkward dialogue in parts, some amateurish camerawork in places

Filmed on a minimal budget, One focuses on two young men, who once showed promise but have fallen on hard times. Nick (Kane Picoy) was a major league prospect in the Yankee’s AA farm system, but punched out his manager and was booted off...

Pros: ::The slow down of the camera during fights was fun to watch but infrequent::
Cons: ::This movie was full of flaws and was an all around silly movie::

“No one has been what I have become”. A quote from a action star/actor Jet Li. Now any executive in Hollywood that thinks that his kicks are mightier than his speech and acting, than they are sadly mistaken. Now let me just say right off...

Pros: Jet Li, Some special effects
Cons: Jet Li's acting, the script

I was very disappointed less then halfway through this movie. I wasn’t expecting “Oscar” type performance but I was hoping for more. The One starring Jet Li turned out to be a slow running movie that didn’t even have enough decent martial...

Pros: A simple story of relationships shot in an intriguing manner, from a tightly reined script.
Cons: A few ineffective bits, and the audience is made purposely ignorant of important motivations.

ONE (1996), listed as "In Theaters" by Epinions, should not be confused with the digital ONE (Tomeric, 2000). Made several years ago, the ONE in question was picked up for distribution by Shooting Gallery Films. It was an interesting example of what...

Pros: Opening fight scene
Cons: Everything else

The One: A Cinematic Stinkbomb

If you truly cherish your lives, please do not watch the movie, “The One.” For an hour and a half, I suffered through a movie that completely failed to live up to its Matrix-esque hype. Even worse, the...

Pros: Excellent action and special effects
Cons: A few long and drawn out fight scenes

"The One" compares to many movies from the martial arts genre. This movie is similar to all of the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies in the quality and type of fight scenes, and very similar to "The Replicant". If you like Jackie Chan, who is a bit more...

Pros: Jet Li, some good fight scenes, running time
Cons: Jet Li, script, acting, predictable ending

I was kind of excited about the debut of this film. I'm an avid Jet Li fan. Even though his acting abilities are somewhat questionable, he has a certain charm and the requisite martial arts moves. More often than not he is cast as the hero, requiring...

Pros: Excellent story concept and high style
Cons: Shallow and predictable

The One, directed by James Wong, is a fun movie. It’s got all the substance of a Twinkie, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. The story idea is quite a good one -- that throughout parallel universes there are a number of similar beings -- our...

Pros: A few fun action scenes.
Cons: And absolutely nothing else at all.

There's a sort-of-neat premise at the base of this action movie. What if time spun off many different universes (125, to be precise)... each slightly different from the others, and we existed in each of them? Apparently, our life-force is "shared" with...

Pros: Depiction of interdimensional travel is cool
Cons: Just about everything else

I haven't been epinionizing lately, so the fact that I've decided to log on for this one ought to help drive home the urgency of my message: The One is a terrible movie, by any standard.

There's a roller coaster of feelings that have been...