The One (2001)

Director:

James Wong

Writers (WGA):

Glen Morgan (written by) &
James Wong (written by)

Release Date:

2 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

What if there was a killer traveling through parallel worlds...and he looked just like you? [taken from the trailer]

Plot:

A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Escape | Prison | Arrest | Police Officer

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

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
Joel Stoffer	...	Dr. Franklin
Ashlyn Gere	...	Dr. Hamilton (as Kimberly Patton)
Denney Pierce	...	ER Security Guard
Boots Southerland	...	ER Security Guard
Archie Kao	...	Woo
Ken Kerman	...	'A' World Inmate
Kevin Indio Copeland	...	'A' World Inmate
Marco Verdier	...	'C' World Inmate
Teddy Lane Jr.	...	'C' World Inmate
Narinder Samra	...	Dr. Hackler
Clement Blake	...	Penal Colony Inmate (as Clement E. Blake)
Bill Dunnam	...	Penal Colony Inmate
Edward James Gage	...	Factory Worker
B.T. Taylor	...	Male Orderly
Thanh T. Tran	...	Sleeping Boy
Peter McKernan	...	Helicopter Pilot
Alan D. Purwin	...	Helicopter Pilot (as Alan Purwin)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Birman	...	Pursuit Cop (uncredited)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darrell Geer	...	Prison Guard (uncredited)
Al Gore	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Karl J. Martin	...	Happyland Bicyclist (uncredited)
Cynthia Pinot	...	Girl In Subway (uncredited)
Doug Savant	...	Cop (uncredited)
Scott L. Schwartz	...	Prisoner (uncredited)

Directed by
James Wong

Writing credits (WGA)
Glen Morgan		(written by) &
James Wong		(written by)

Produced by
Steve Chasman	....	producer (as Steven Chasman)
Todd Garner	....	executive producer
Glen Morgan	....	producer
Charles Newirth	....	producer
Lata Ryan	....	executive producer
Tom Sherak	....	executive producer
Greg Silverman	....	executive producer
Happy Walters	....	executive producer
James Wong	....	producer

Original Music by
Trevor Rabin

Cinematography by
Robert McLachlan

Film Editing by
James Coblentz

Casting by
John Papsidera

Production Design by
David L. Snyder

Art Direction by
Paul Sonski

Set Decoration by
Jan K. Bergstrom

Costume Design by
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko

Makeup Department
Judy Crown	....	key hair stylist
Charlene Johnson	....	assistant hair stylist (as Charlene C. Johnson)
Norman T. Leavitt	....	makeup supervisor
Wayne Massarelli	....	assistant makeup artist
Ellie Winslow	....	makeup artist: Delroy Lindo (as Eleanora Winslow-Price)

Production Management
Mary Courtney	....	unit production manager
Isabel Henderson	....	post-production supervisor
Athena Portillo	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John T. Churchill	....	second second assistant director
Richard Graves	....	first assistant director
Susan J. Hellmann	....	second assistant director
Gary Hymes	....	second unit director
Eric Sherman	....	second second assistant director
Jonathan Ke Quan	....	assistant director to the action choreography (uncredited)
Corey Yuen	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Kim Bailey	....	illustrator
Tony Bohorquez	....	model maker
Maren Brown	....	art department coordinator
Michael Casey	....	set dresser
David E. Duncan	....	storyboard artist (as David Duncan)
Donna Ekins-Kapner	....	assistant art director
Aaron Florez	....	texture painter
Dick Girod	....	scenic paint foreman (as Richard Girod)
Richard Girod Jr.	....	stand-by painter
Jim Gmuer	....	set dresser
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Theresa Greene	....	art department assistant
Ted Haigh	....	graphic art director
Donald G. Helderle	....	construction foreman (as Don Helderle)
John Kelso	....	metalwork foreman
Carolyn Lassek	....	on-set dresser
Karl J. Martin	....	set designer
Marc Messenger	....	illustrator
Andrew Murdock	....	set designer
Maureen Osborne	....	set dressing buyer
Natalie Richards	....	set designer
Christopher S. Ross	....	illustrator
Clare Scarpulla	....	set designer
Tom Shaw Jr.	....	property master
Kevin Shaw	....	assistant property master
Joe Wood	....	construction coordinator (as Joseph E. Wood)
Anthony Zierhut	....	storyboard artist
Greg Aronowitz	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Brent W. Bell	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr recordist
Stu Bernstein	....	dialogue editor (as Stewart K. Bernstein)
Bryan Bowen	....	sound editor
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound recordist
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor (as John G. Cannon)
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Michael P. Cook	....	dialogue editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	sound editor
Jeff Glueck	....	assistant sound editor (as Jeffrey Michael Glueck)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	boom operator (as Jeffrey Humphreys)
Jason W. Jennings	....	foley editor
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound editor (as Randall F. Kelley)
Kimaree Long	....	adr editor
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
Dave McMoyler	....	sound supervisor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Mike Minkler)
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Orlowski	....	adr recordist
Tom Ozanich	....	sound editor
Geoffrey Patterson	....	production sound mixer
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound designer
Martin Schloemer	....	adr recordist
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
David Stanke	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Ben Wienert	....	cable person
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist
Peter Zinda	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Tony Bohorquez	....	set model maker
Marcel Donea	....	special effects assistant
Ken Estes	....	special effects foreman
Terry D. Frazee	....	special effects supervisor
Scott Lingard	....	special effects technician
Tim Rowlandson	....	modeller
Kai Shelton	....	special effects technician
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker

Visual Effects by
David Wallace Allen	....	visual effects previsualization
Simon Allen	....	character animator
Steve Arguello	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Colleen Bachman	....	visual effects coordinator
Kevin Bailey	....	roto/rig removal: ComputerCafe
Jason Barlow	....	technical animation supervisor
Jeff Barnes	....	executive producer: ComputerCafe
Jeffrey Benoit	....	visual effects
Tony Bohorquez	....	prop maker
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Mike Bozulich	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist
Dan Brittain	....	digital effects artist
Randy Brown	....	digital compositor
Markus Burki	....	software developer: Tippett Studio
Dan Cayer	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Bill Coffin	....	visual effects
Nicolle Cornute	....	paint/roto artist
Danielle Costa	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: R!OT Pictures
Gina Di Bari	....	lighting animator
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	on-set supervisor: ComputerCafe
Sandy Dong	....	digital artist
Brennan Doyle	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Eric Durst	....	visual effects supervisor
David Ebner	....	animator: ComputerCafe
David Ebner	....	compositor: ComputerCafe
David Ebner	....	digital effects supervisor: ComputerCafe
David Ebner	....	on-set supervisor: ComputerCafe
Eyal Erez	....	effects developer
Fish Essenfeld	....	2D paint and roto supervisor: Kleiser Walczak
Deak Ferrand	....	senior matte painter/designer: R!OT Pictures
Alyssa Fong	....	visual effects
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	digital effects producer: ComputerCafe
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte painter
Bryan Godwin	....	digital artist
Jeff Goldman	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Jeff Goldman	....	compositor: ComputerCafe
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositor
Peter Greenstone	....	visual effects artist
Ben Grossmann	....	digital compositor
Ben Grossmann	....	roto/rig removal: ComputerCafe
Joseph Hamdorf	....	effects animator: Tippett Studio
Tyler Ham	....	production assistant: Tippett Studio
Michael S. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Craig Hayes	....	visual effects supervisor
Jason Heapy	....	visual effects producer
Tom Hendrickson	....	render manager
Tulio Hernandez	....	technical director lighting: Tippett Studio
Nathaniel Hunter	....	effects animator
Mark Ashton Hunt	....	visual effects producer
Heather Ignarro	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital FilmWorks
Scott Janush	....	visual effects editor
Jeb Johenning	....	digital video assist
Jeff A. Johnson	....	digital compositor
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Alisa Loren Klein	....	lighting animator: Kleiser-Walczak
Jeffrey Kleiser	....	senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Demetrius Leal	....	effects animator
Chris Ledesma	....	roto artist
John J.S. Lee	....	visual effects I/O manager: Kleiser-Walczak
Lance Lones	....	system administrator/render wrangler
Scott Lord	....	senior systems administrator
Patrick Lowery	....	character animator
Stephen Mann	....	digital artist: Kleiser Walczak
James Marbas	....	digital effects supervisor
Eric Marko	....	matchmover
Karl J. Martin	....	digital artist
Matt McFarland	....	visual effects color timer
Scott McLain	....	digital compositor
Daniel Mellitz	....	visual effects video assist operator
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator
Michael A. Miller	....	effects animator
Eric Mises-Rosenfeld	....	visual effects supervisor: R!OT
Michele Moen	....	matte painter (as Michelle Moen)
Chris Morley	....	roto/compositing: Tippett Studio
Peter W. Moyer	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Filmworks
Guido Muzzarelli	....	match move lead
Kenneth Nakada	....	matte painter: R!OT Pictures
Leah Nall	....	digital artist: kleiser-walczak
Robert Nall	....	digital artist
Roger Nall	....	digital artist
Glenda Novotny	....	lighting and texturing
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Akira Orikasa	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects editor: CafeFx
Chris Paizis	....	matchmove supervisor
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Zoe Peck-Eyler	....	lead digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Bob Peitzman	....	compositing supervisor
Maricela Perdomo	....	modeler
Patrick Phillips	....	visual effects
Robert C. Powers	....	digital artist
Søren Ragsdale	....	technical director: Tippett Studio
John Rauh	....	digital compositor
Gary Roberts	....	motion capture supervisor
Daniel Roizman	....	effects animation supervisor
Jacqueline Rosado	....	digital effects coordinator
Randall J. Rosa	....	animation supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Charles Rose	....	visual effects digital lighting supervisor
Kody Sabourin	....	digital artist
Karim Sahai	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Eric Sanford	....	character modeler
Minoru Sasaki	....	animator: ComputerCafe
Thomas Schelesny	....	computer graphics character animator
Scott Schneider	....	propmaker
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	motion control technician
Andrew Schwartz	....	digital compositor: Kleiser-Walczak
Brian Smallwood	....	digital artist
Mark G. Soper	....	visual effects coordinator
David Stump	....	visual effects director of photography
Brad Sutton	....	paint/roto artist
Peter Alun Thomas	....	film scanning and recording technician
Jim Thomson	....	visual effects editor
Tommy Tran	....	digital compositor
Gerard Van Ommen Kloeke	....	modeling supervisor
Gabriel Vargas	....	roto/rig removal: ComputerCafe
Bruno Vilela	....	color & lighting Supervisor
Erika Walczak	....	digital effects executive producer
Kendrick Wallace	....	visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositing supervisor: R!OT Pictures
Steve Wright	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Xye	....	visual effects
Susan Zwerman	....	visual effects producer
Nathan Abbot	....	digital camera operator (uncredited)
Page Frakes	....	digital color corrector (uncredited)
Fred Jimenez	....	2D technical assistant: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)
Arek Komorowski	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Scott Palleiko	....	technical director: Kleiser-Walczak (uncredited)
Naomi Ruth Raine	....	digital assistant coordinator (uncredited)
David Rosenthal	....	digital film I/O supervisor (uncredited)
Mark G. Soper	....	additional visual effects producer (uncredited)
Kenneth Voss	....	digital rotoscope: Tippett Studio (uncredited)
Vicki Wong	....	digital camera operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	stunt double
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts
Stan Barrett	....	stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Mahaliel Bethea	....	stunt double: Mr. Lindo
Matt Birman	....	stunts
Michael Bondelli	....	stunts (as Mike Bondelli)
Nick Brett	....	stunts
Jeff Brockton	....	stunt double: Dylan Bruno
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunt double: Mr. Lindo (as Jophery Brown)
Christopher Caso	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Eric Chen	....	stunts
Ken Clark	....	stunts
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (as Gil Combs)
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Kurtis Epper	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	stunt rigger
Eddie Fiola	....	stunts
George Fisher	....	stunts
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunt rigger (as Christian Fletcher)
David 'Shark' Fralick	....	stunts (as Shark Fralick)
Al Goto	....	stunts
Jian Yong Guo	....	stunt double: Mr. Li
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
Tom Horton	....	stunts
Sam Kai-Sen Huang	....	stunt double: Mr. Li (as Kai Sen Huang)
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Tom Huff)
Steve Hulin	....	stunts (as Steve Wayne Hulin)
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunt performer
Steven Ito	....	stunts
Viktor Ivanov	....	stunts
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Kathy Jarvis	....	stunts
Craig Jensen	....	stunts
Aaron Justus	....	stunts
Jon Kiski	....	stunts
Hiro Koda	....	stunts
Steven Lambert	....	stunt double: Mr. Statham (as Steve Lambert)
Les Larson	....	stunts
Feng Lin	....	stunt double: Mr. Li
David Loitz	....	precision driver
Rusty McClennon	....	stunts
Andre McCoy	....	stunts (as Chyna McCoy)
Bob McGovern	....	stunt performer
Brandon Molale	....	utility stunts
Chris Monberg	....	stunt performer
Ken Moreno	....	stunts
Jason C. Morgan	....	stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts (as Hugh A. O'Brien)
Lin Oeding	....	stunts
Vladimir Orlov	....	stunts
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts (as Patricia Peters)
Dan Plum	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Sharon Schaffer	....	stunts
Dennis Scott	....	stunts (as Dennis R. Scott)
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunts
Tim Sitarz	....	stunts
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Brian Stewart	....	stunts
Ivan Stewart	....	stunts
Sonny Surowiec	....	stunt performer
Banzai Vitale	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts
Garrett Warren	....	stunts
William Washington	....	stunts
Ric Roman Waugh	....	stunts
Scott Waugh	....	stunts
Alex Chansky	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alex Daniels	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Brennan Dyson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hiro Koda	....	stunt double: Jet Li (uncredited)
Don McGovern	....	stunt actor (uncredited)
Jeff Sanders	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larnell Stovall	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Willens	....	precision driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Audie Aragon	....	dolly grip
Brian Bartolini	....	electrician
Alzahir Born	....	electrician
George M. Chappell	....	rigger
Tim Collins	....	grip
Chris Cuevas	....	second assistant camera: additional camera
Frank Dorowsky	....	rigging gaffer
Michael S. Endler	....	first assistant camera
Jerome Fauci	....	Steadicam operator
Adam Feinberg	....	electrician
Russell Griffith	....	lamp operator
Gene Hara	....	electrician
Craig Horwitz	....	rigging electrician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Gary Hymes	....	director of photography: second unit
Jacques Jouffret	....	Steadicam operator
Richard Kamins	....	best boy: second unit
David Katz	....	digital video assist operator
Scott C. Keys	....	rigging electrician
Paul Lambiase	....	grip: second unit
Frank Masi	....	still photographer
Jesse Mather	....	lighting technician
Juan Morse	....	electrician
Jeff Murrell	....	gaffer
Nino Neuboeck	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Parke	....	assistant camera: second unit
Glenn Parker	....	still photographer
Steve Reinhardt	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Steve Savage	....	grip
Don Selsor	....	key rigging grip
Dan Squires	....	second assistant camera
Chuck Turner	....	rigging grip
Shannon Van Metre	....	additional second assistant camera
Ron Veto	....	camera operator: second unit
Jason Zakrzewski	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Craig Grossmueller	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Ron Newburn	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Cory Rocco Florimonte	....	animator
Trevor Harder	....	animator
Bill E. Miller	....	animator
Gerard Van Ommen Kloeke	....	animator

Casting Department
Tracy Dixon	....	extras casting
Jenny Harrison	....	casting assistant
Joseph Hicks	....	extras casting
Wendy O'Brien	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicole Chavez	....	wardrobe production assistant
Robert Cron	....	costumer
Ann Foley	....	costumer
Carrie Grace	....	costumer
Bob Morgan	....	costume supervisor
Grace Pyke	....	additional costumer
Tim Wilson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Mike Bellamy	....	senior digital film colorist
Logan Breit	....	additional editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Trish Hadley	....	post-production assistant
Bryan Lamoureux	....	assistant editor
George McCarthy	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Richard A. Harrison	....	preview music editor
Steve Kempster	....	score mixer
Steve Kempster	....	score producer
Paul Linford	....	composer: additional music
Paul Linford	....	score producer
Scott Rouse	....	assistant music editor
Jeanette Surga	....	music editor
Happy Walters	....	music supervisor
Booker White	....	music preparation
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Armstrong	....	driver
Daniel Davis	....	driver: base camp generator
William Hogue	....	driver
John Lybrand	....	transportation
Joel Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
John 'J.P.' Pratt	....	transportation captain
Joseph Sullivan	....	driver
Christopher Weippert	....	transportation

Other crew
Ahmet Ahmet	....	title designer
Rick Baca	....	first assistant accountant
Scott Barnes	....	board operator
Chamonix Bosch	....	key set production assistant
Scott Brice	....	production assistant
Jared Chandler	....	technical advisor
Kyle Cooper	....	title designer: opening prologue
Kyle Cooper	....	title producer: opening prologue
Peter Costelli	....	assistant location manager
Joni Cuquet	....	field publicist
Wendy Dawson	....	assistant: Mr. Morgan
Carol Demarti	....	head dyer and ager
Carol Demarti	....	milliner
Judy Dickerson	....	dialect coach: Mr. Statham (as Judi Dickerson)
Sandra L. Dixon	....	second assistant accountant
Marcel Donea	....	production assistant
Diane Durant	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Diane Durant-Kelly)
Mike Fantasia	....	location manager
Frank Galline	....	accounting clerk
Craig Scott Galper	....	assistant: Mr. Li (as Scott Galper)
Douglas Geib	....	stand-in: Mr. Statham
Patty Gomez	....	second assistant accountant
Zoila Gomez	....	production coordinator
Harold Guskin	....	dialect coach: Mr. Li
Gabriela Gutentag	....	unit publicist
Lisa Hackler	....	assistant coordinator
Clear Hadden	....	assistant: Mr. Morgan (as Clear Hadden-Gunther)
Asa Hammond	....	title designer: main titles
Kelly Helstrom	....	assistant: Tom Sherak
Sydney Kamlager	....	assistant: Mr. Lindo
Ryan Kavner	....	production assistant
Tatiana Komlos	....	assistant production coordinator: preparation
Lori Koravos	....	accountant
Ming Beaver Kwei	....	assistant: Mr. Li
Tai Wai Lai	....	martial arts coordinator
Melissa Lang	....	assistant: Mr. Chasman
Tse Ming Lao	....	martial arts staff assistant (as Tse Ming Lau)
Richard Lau	....	martial arts staff assistant
Steven S. Lee	....	assistant location manager
Vincent Lee	....	martial arts staff assistant (as Vincent Chun-Yi Lee)
Frances Littenberg	....	assistant: Ms. Ryan
Kevin Lum	....	set production assistant
Donny Martino Jr.	....	assistant location manager
Ilana McAllister	....	first assistant accountant
Michael Miller	....	production secretary
Amanda K. Montgomery	....	assistant: Mr. Wong
Craig Nix	....	assistant crane operator: Technocrane
Jonathan Ke Quan	....	assistant: Mr. Yuen
Jim Roberts	....	set medic
Brandon Schiffman	....	set production assistant
Lina Shanklin	....	script supervisor
Seth Silberfein	....	production assistant
Trish 'The Dish' Stanard	....	set production assistant
Ken Twohy	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Mari Wilson	....	additional script supervisor
James Woods	....	stand-in: Mr. Lindo
Eliot Yaffe	....	location projectionist (as Eliot L. Yaffe)
Corey Yuen	....	action choreographer: martial arts
Tak Yuen	....	martial arts staff assistant (as Richard Cheung Tak Hung)
Greg Camilleri	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Alice Chen	....	assistant to director (uncredited)
Danielle Costa	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Dar Larizadeh	....	balloon light technician (uncredited)
Scot A. McKay	....	armorer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Revolution Studios
• Hard Eight Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2001-2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2001) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2002) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Italian International Film (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2002) (Germany) (theatrical) (cut version)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Network (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Universal Pictures (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company (digital visual effects)
• Riot (digital matte paintings)
• Digital Filmworks (additional visual effects)
• Computer Cafe, The (additional visual effects)
• Tippett Studio (additional visual effects)
• 11:11 Mediaworks
• Satellite Studios (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Animal Actors of Hollywood  animals provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Film & Video Stock Shots  news footage
• Imaginary Forces  opening prologue
• Livewire Studios  stage services
• O'Melveny & Myers  legal
• Pacific Title  titles
• Reel Team, The  loop group
• Soundelux  sound post-production
• TM Equipment Rentals  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

Jet Li's The One (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and some language.

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:85 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

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:M

Filming Locations:

Edison Generating Station, Redondo Beach, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The scenes involving Jet Li fighting himself were shot using Li and a stuntman with a build similar to his. The stuntman's face was painted green so that it could be digitally replaced with Li's face later.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end, when Gabe Law is in his new universe, he sees a dog, that has been hit by a car, lying on it's right side on the street. When he picks up the dog, it's right front paw is bent back, hinting that it is injured. When Gabe brings the dog into the vet clinic, it's right front leg is straight and Gabe seems to place the standing dog on the counter top.

Quotes:

[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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Soundtrack:

Sinner

Brilliant idea, but very poorly executed and wasted script potential.

I didn't want to write this movie off on the reviews and critics in the western world, I mean how wrong have they been about Asian cinema that has now become a staple diet of the Hollywood remake monster? Plus Jet L is pretty damn cool, and he's made some interesting movies in Asia. So with an open mind I was surprisingly averaged out by this movie.

There are good points. The story is very clever, using M-Theory as a base to bring forward the plot that there are multiple universes each with their own versions of worlds, and most likely you. Each time one of you is destroyed the rest share the energy and power amongst them. The idea that someone might try and purposely become the only version of themselves in all the Universes to find out if they become a God.

There's also Jet Li, and he's not a bad actor and pretty nimble as a martial artist, plus Jason Statham who is an all round good actor. As for the special effects, some of them are really cool, a mixing of bullet time, and slow motion with normal speed, very cool to watch in places.

The bad points? Well Statham's accent is appalling, and some of the effects aren't as comparable as others, so it's quite apparent that money was spent on some of the main shots and not on others that were probably deemed as too short on screen or they just plain ran out of budget.

A big sore point for me is the close cropped camera action that Hollywood has long favoured, something that Jackie Chan has often talked about. Filming fight scenes close up serves two purpose. It gives greater emphasis on a single punch or movement, making it look harder and more real than it really is, and it also hides what is going on around the camera lens. For example people holding a fake arm or the face of a stunt double, etc.

What Chan always said was that he tried to open out the camera and show the audience what was going on, let them see the people fighting properly rather than a close up of a face and a fist, cutting to someone falling into frame. Showing the whole picture is more effective, and it's more impressive.

So the close cropped shots were just more annoying than anything, you failed to see the impressiveness of Li's fighting skills, and you found it hard to see some of the action. Slow the cuts down and pan out the camera Hollywood Directors! The biggest problem was the story though, despite having such a strong base on which to build, they seemed to loose the sense of the plot and concentrate on the action scenes. There are some serious plot building and explanatory moments that are just totally overlooked and covered in the space of a few sentences, yet these could have formed some excellent and complex character development.

It just all held together too weakly, and not enough was made of the story. All in all, not a great movie and it's potential was badly spoiled.