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2 November 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
What if there was a killer traveling through parallel worlds...and he looked just like you? [taken from the trailer] morePlot:
A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A fun movie more (291 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jet Li | ... | Gabe Law / Gabriel Yulaw / Lawless | |
| Carla Gugino | ... | T.K. Law / Massie Walsh | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant | |
| Jason Statham | ... | MVA Agent Evan Funsch | |
| James Morrison | ... | LAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich / 'A' World Inmate #1 | |
| Dylan Bruno | ... | Yates | |
| Richard Steinmetz | ... | D'Antoni | |
| Steve Rankin | ... | MVA Supervisor | |
| Tucker Smallwood | ... | Prison Warden | |
| Harriet Sansom Harris | ... | Nurse Besson | |
| David Keats | ... | MRI Technician | |
| Dean Norris | ... | Sgt. Siegel | |
| Ron Zimmerman | ... | Rotten Ronnie | |
| Darin Morgan | ... | Hugo | |
| Mark Borchardt | ... | Cesar |
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Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and some language.Parents Guide:
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87 min | Germany:85 min (cut version)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:16 (cut version) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38092) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:15 | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:18 | Hungary:14 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:MFun Stuff
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As T.K. prepares to leave to see Gabe in the hospital, the TV in the background is playing a scene from Final Destination (2000) which was written and directed by 'Wong, James', the director and co-writer of The One. Also, when Funsch is entering in new coordinates for Gabe, the computer flashes up "Destination Final"... moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Yulaw kills T.K. he shoots her on the right side, when she is seen lying on the ground she has a wound on the left side. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Narrator: There is not one universe. There are many: A multiverse. We have the technology to travel between universes, but travel is highly restricted and policed. There is not one you. There are many. Each of us exists in present time, in parallel universes. There was balance in the system, but now a force exists who seeks to destroy the balance so he can become The One.
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After watching most of the recent action movies, I left the theatre with a headache brought on by incredibly tight/shaky shots and edits so fast that any hope of seeing anything is lost. This movie takes a step back from that. It isn't entirely devoid of those annoyances, but is much better than most. In fact, at times, you can even see a whole string of punches and blocks without a cut or a shake! Of course there is the inevitable wire work, that combined with the necessary special effects to allow Jet Li to fight himself. But for once there is an excuse other than "because we can".
The story is pretty simple. A murdering criminal is killing all the copies of himself in all the other "universes". Each time one dies the life force/resonant string thing, gets divided amoungst the survivors. Of course this leaves a ton of questions that aren't addressed at all in the movie, but I can live with that since those are more topics for debate after having fun at the movie. That is one of the strengths of the movie, the progressively more intense action. As the movie progress, rather than trying to deal with any question the viewer might have, the pace and intensity of the movie goes up. The final action sequence is probably ten minutes long all told, which, to me, is a sign of a true action movie, as opposed to movies with action.
Overall I give it a 8/10 for fans of the genre. If you aren't particularly interested in sci-fi/martial arts, especially if you have a problem with wire work and blue-screens, then you might want to skip it.