Monday 21 November 2011

The One (2001) 7/10

Starring : Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
Director : James Wong
Running Time : 84 mins

Gabriel Yulaw (Li), also known as Lawless, discovers that there are multiple universes with multiple versions of himself, and that if he kills them it makes him stronger. So he hijacks the police method of travelling between universes – quantum tunnelling - in order to kill all of his alternate versions until he is the only, all-powerful One remaining. But his last remaining target is police officer Gabe Law (Li), who has the same level of power as Yulaw.

Although the special effects were hammy – mainly due to the use of ropes and pullies for the fight scenes which made people fly about in a far too unrealistic way – and the plot feels unoriginal, this is still a pretty fun-filled sci-fi movie. Li may not be the greatest actor, but come on, this is an action movie! You don’t need great actors if the fighting is fun and the plot is interesting. This is definitely worth watching if you love classic action fair.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Matrix



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