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==Plot==
==Plot==
A superhuman criminal named Yu-Law, once a member of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices [[Dimension|interdimensional]] travel (via detecting [[wormhole]] openings, which can be predicted like the weather), seeks to hunt down and kill variations of himself in [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate universes]]. By killing his other selves, (becoming the last version of himself) and absorbing their power, he thinks he will become a god. Yu-Law is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker ([[Delroy Lindo]]) and Evan Funsch ([[Jason Statham]]), only for Yu-Law to escape from captivity during his sentencing.
A superhuman criminal named Yu-Law (who is nobody's bitch), once a member of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices [[Dimension|interdimensional]] travel (via detecting [[wormhole]] openings, which can be predicted like the weather), seeks to hunt down and kill variations of himself in [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate universes]]. By killing his other selves, (becoming the last version of himself) and absorbing their power, he thinks he will become a god. Yu-Law is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker ([[Delroy Lindo]]) and Evan Funsch ([[Jason Statham]]), only for Yu-Law to escape from captivity during his sentencing.


Another alternate, Gabriel Law, works in the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. In the attempt to kill Law, Law sees Yu-Law who is identical to him in appearance. Yu-Law shoots Law, but is interrupted by Rodecker and Funsch.
Another alternate, Gabriel Law, works in the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. In the attempt to kill Law, Law sees Yu-Law who is identical to him in appearance. Yu-Law shoots Law, but is interrupted by Rodecker and Funsch.


Yu-Law infiltrates Law's house and murders Law's wife, T. K. ([[Carla Gugino]]) and frames him for the murder. The film climaxes in an epic battle between Gabriel and Yu-Law. After Law's victory, Law, Yu-Law, and Funsch get transported back to the Alpha Universe. Yu-Law is transported to a prison colony universe (where he was to be sent in the beginning of the film) after attempting to switch places with Law. The MVA then prepares to send Gabriel back to his own universe where he will be arrested and put in prison, but Agent Funsch instead sends him to a universe where Los Angeles is hailed as "America's Cleanest City" and he ends up in the same situation where he met his wife in his home universe. Meanwhile, Yu-Law ends up in the Stygian Penal Colony, a prison planet in the Hades Universe, and immediately begins fighting all the inmates.
Yu-Law infiltrates Law's house and murders Law's wife, T. K. ([[Carla Gugino]]) and frames him for the murder. The film climaxes in an epic battle between Gabriel and Yu-Law (who is still nobody's bitch). After Law's victory, Law, Yu-Law (who doesn't need to know you), and Funsch get transported back to the Alpha Universe. Yu-Law (who you just need to know) is transported to a prison colony universe (where he was to be sent in the beginning of the film) after attempting to switch places with Law. The MVA then prepares to send Gabriel back to his own universe where he will be arrested and put in prison, but Agent Funsch instead sends him to a universe where Los Angeles is hailed as "America's Cleanest City" and he ends up in the same situation where he met his wife in his home universe. Meanwhile, Yu-Law ends up in the Stygian Penal Colony, a prison planet in the Hades Universe, and immediately begins fighting all the inmates for absolutely no reason at all.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 01:27, 23 November 2010

The One
File:Theoneposter.jpg
Promotional poster for "The One"
Directed byJames Wong
Written byGlen Morgan
James Wong
Produced bySteve Chasman
Glen Morgan
Charles Newirth
James Wong
Todd Garner
Lata Ryan
Tom Sherak
Greg Silverman
Happy Walters
StarringJet Li
Delroy Lindo
Jason Statham
Carla Gugino
CinematographyRobert McLachlan
Edited byJames Coblentz
Music byTrevor Rabin
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
November 2, 2001 (2001-11-02)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$49,000,000[1]
Box office$72,689,126[2]

The One is a 2001 action film directed by James Wong and starring Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham and Carla Gugino.[3]

Plot

A superhuman criminal named Yu-Law (who is nobody's bitch), once a member of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormhole openings, which can be predicted like the weather), seeks to hunt down and kill variations of himself in alternate universes. By killing his other selves, (becoming the last version of himself) and absorbing their power, he thinks he will become a god. Yu-Law is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Evan Funsch (Jason Statham), only for Yu-Law to escape from captivity during his sentencing.

Another alternate, Gabriel Law, works in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. In the attempt to kill Law, Law sees Yu-Law who is identical to him in appearance. Yu-Law shoots Law, but is interrupted by Rodecker and Funsch.

Yu-Law infiltrates Law's house and murders Law's wife, T. K. (Carla Gugino) and frames him for the murder. The film climaxes in an epic battle between Gabriel and Yu-Law (who is still nobody's bitch). After Law's victory, Law, Yu-Law (who doesn't need to know you), and Funsch get transported back to the Alpha Universe. Yu-Law (who you just need to know) is transported to a prison colony universe (where he was to be sent in the beginning of the film) after attempting to switch places with Law. The MVA then prepares to send Gabriel back to his own universe where he will be arrested and put in prison, but Agent Funsch instead sends him to a universe where Los Angeles is hailed as "America's Cleanest City" and he ends up in the same situation where he met his wife in his home universe. Meanwhile, Yu-Law ends up in the Stygian Penal Colony, a prison planet in the Hades Universe, and immediately begins fighting all the inmates for absolutely no reason at all.

Cast

Background

As part of the promotion for the movie, there was an official website for the fictional Multiverse Authority called the "MVA Mainframe". The site, which is now defunct, provided detailed background material on the storyline and some of the characters, including some that were not in the film. Below is the information from the site.

History of the Multiverse Authority (MVA)

The MVA was created in the "Alpha Universe." A prominent U.S. Senator and member of the Senate Parallel Universe Technology Committee named Marcos Rodriguez championed the original Quantum Tunneling Research Project and was instrumental in raising the necessary funds. However, shortly after the first successful Quantum Tunnel jump, Rodriguez was indicted on charges of campaign finance fraud and accepting kickbacks from government contractors. Before he could be brought to trial, Rodriguez was able to access the prototype Quantum Tunneling Device and jump into the "Beta Universe." Due to the infancy of the technology, by the time he could be tracked, Rodriguez had already arranged the death of his Beta Universe "parallel universe version," also a U.S. Senator and had assumed his position.

A former Texas Border Patrol agent named Kyle Browning was hired to head security for the Quantum Tunneling Project and accompanied researchers on many of the first jumps. When one of the researchers made an unauthorized jump to escape from a tax fraud scandal, Kyle Browning successfully retrieved her.

The MVA was formed to address the problems of the new technology and the criminals who were abusing it. Kyle Browning was made Head Field Agent and set in place many of the practices and procedures still used in the tracking and apprehension of criminals in other universes. He also coined the term "parallel universe retrieval," meaning not just the capture of criminals, but the act of escorting them back to the Alpha Universe for trial.

Some time after its creation, the MVA appealed to all major technology producing Alpha Universe countries to contribute personnel and resources to the growing organization.

The MVA's basic mission is to prevent Quantum Tunneling from becoming a tool of crime and to apprehend all those who use it to escape justice and/or alter the affairs of parallel universes.

Field agents of the MVA are divided into two interrelated groups. One group specializes in simple retrievals of Alpha Universe criminals who have used Quantum Tunneling to escape to another universe. The other group tracks criminals who commit "inter-universal crimes" such as smuggling or the termination of one's parallel universe versions.

Marketing

'The One' has used many tag lines from its production and its theatrical release in both cinemas and its DVD release, in which are the following:

  • Stealing the power of the universes one by one
  • There can only be one
  • Only one will survive
  • What would you do if the most dangerous man alive was you?
  • In order to save the universe, he will have to fight the fiercest enemy he has ever faced... himself.

Box office

The One grossed US $19,112,404 ($6,604 ratio per screen) in its opening weekend in North America, opening at #2, and the total gross was US $43,905,746, which never recouped its $49 million budget. However, its worldwide gross was $72,689,126.

Details

  • In the documentary 'Jet Li is "The One"' on the special features section on the DVD, both characters Gabriel Yu-Law (played by Jet Li) and his alternate universe counterpart Gabriel Law, or "Gabe" (also played by Li) use martial arts which represent their personalities. Yu-Law uses Xingyiquan (The Shape-Will Fist), characterized aggressive linear movements, while Gabe uses Baguazhang (The Eight Trigram Palms) which uses subtle, circular movements. These martial arts are confirmed by their own personalities as Yu-Law is very direct, not caring whom he hurts while Gabe believes life goes in a circle, perfectly balanced.
  • Originally the film was to have starred The Rock, before Li assumed the lead role.[4][5]
  • The hospital scenes were filmed at the North Hollywood Medical Center. The hospital is used for filming the television show, Scrubs.

Soundtrack

The score by Trevor Rabin was released, but the soundtrack was not.

  1. Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
  2. Drowning Pool - "Sinner"
  3. Disturbed - "Down with the Sickness"
  4. Godsmack - "Awake"
  5. Jesse Dayton - "Train of Dreams"
  6. Tony Orlando and Dawn - "Knock Three Times"
  7. The Capris - "There's a Moon Out Tonight"
  8. Papa Roach - "Blood Brothers"
  9. Papa Roach - "Last Resort"
  10. Linkin Park - "Papercut"

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267804/business
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=theone.htm
  3. ^ "The One". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  4. ^ http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/blu-ray-dvd-reviews/blu-ray-reviews/the-one-a-j-ent-blu-ray-disc-review/
  5. ^ http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/o/one.shtml

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