Taglines: What if you discovered the most dangerous man in the universe was you.
There is not one universe, but there are many, which is a multiverse. Supposing you are just one person, there are many other versions of you in the other universes, there are ways to travel, but only a police agency, MVA, can travel only for police procedures. Gabriel Yulaw is a former MVA agent, who killed another version of himself in self-defense. It made the other versions of him stronger.
When Yulaw found out about this, he became power-hungry killing the 122 other versions for two years. After killing Lawless and getting captured by his former partner Roedecker and a new MVA agent Funsch, Yulaw managed to escape the prison and is trying to kill his last target, Gabe Law who is a police officer.
He is also at Yulaw’s strength. Roedecker and Funsch now have to arrest Yulaw before he can kill Gabe. There is a possibility that the universe could die or make Yulaw invincible. After encountering Yulaw for the first time, Gabe thought that it was his split personality, but it wasn’t. Will Gabe be able to confront Yulaw before or after Yulaw ruins his life?
The One is a 2001 American science fiction-martial arts film written and directed by James Wong and starring Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno, Richard Steinmetz, Steve Rankin, Tucker Smallwood and Harriet Sansom Harris. The film was released in the United States on November 2, 2001.
As part of the promotion for the movie, there was an official website for the fictional Multiverse Authority called the “MVA Mainframe”. Although the site is now defunct, it provided detailed background material on the storyline and some of the characters, including some that were not in the film.
The One (2001)
Directed by: James Wong
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno, Richard Steinmetz, Steve Rankin, Tucker Smallwood, Harriet Sansom Harris
Screenplay by: Glen Morgan, James Wong
Production Design by: David L. Snyder
Cinematography by: David L. Snyder
Film Editing by: James Coblentz
Costume Design by: Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Set Decoration by: Jan K. Bergstrom
Art Direction by: Paul M. Sonski
Makeup Department: Judy Crown, Charlene Johnson, Wayne Massarelli
Music by: Paul Linford, Trevor Rabin
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense action violence and some language.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: November 2, 2001
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