In an era before Netflix, B-level action films came out in theaters, rather than being transferred directly to streaming. Think of "Timecop", "Under Siege", "Kickboxer" or a lot of other film starring Jeanan-Claude Van Damme or Steven Sigal. You can even add some Sylvester Stallone movies like "Cobra" In that mixture. By 2001

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"The One" is a movie about the multivisional before it is cool. Directed by the frequent writer "X-Data" Jameseshes Wong, is it follows as a Gabe law, a regular police officer on a regular version of the country. Lee also plays Gabriel Fulaw, a wicked version of Gabe from another universe. Yulaw was once an agent of the multi -mediocese authority or MVA - a group responsible for maintaining all the work in the cosmic balance. But Yulaw goes bad when he realizes that for every version of himself killing himself, he becomes stronger.

The title of the film comes from this idea. Yulaw is trying to kill every other example of himself through the multivisional - a total of 124 cases - to become the "that", the top powerful being that has the power of all of them in one body.

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It is interesting to go back to "the one" now given the recent success of multi -shop films, especially "Everything Everywhere", as the two films merge the kung fu and science genres. The film is also noticeable in that it is one of Jason Stetam's first film roles, with "the one" premiering just three years after his debut in "Locking, Actions and Two Smoking Barrels" by Guy Richie.

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Lee, on the other hand, had been acting for many years, but he had just begun to increase the US market after he had a ton of success in Chinese and Hong Kong Film for martial arts. Before "the one", Lee began to dip his fingers more in Hollywood with films such as "Letter Weapons 4" and "Romeo must die", proving in the English language market. The cast also features Carla Gugino, the most famous these days for her collaborations with horror Maestro Mike Flanagan and Dean Norris, who will later reach the great fame by playing Hank Schroeder at Breaking Bad.

The "The One" did not make the box office terribly, but did not do well, occupying just under $ 80 million with a reported budget of about $ 49 million. Didn't earn terribly high scores from critics and currently have a bad 13% Rotten tomatoes. But if you enjoy the whisper of a good science science movie Kung Fu, made a little on cheap (and who doesn't really?), It's still a fun clock. And, it's just more interesting because of how tight details such as MVA's conspiracy mirrors like Marvel's Chinese universe.

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They just do no more like "the one". It is probably because of all the bad reviews, for sure, but it is still a shame. Hollywood used to be a place where you can make films with genres from small to medium-budget with brazen scripts, but many OMF and some Starswides good at hitting, and that was enough. For every nostalgic for that age, maybe this is your sign to give the clock "the one". Is that from The best movies with Etet? No, but is it one of Asoneyson Stetam's best films? Also not. But it is better than Timecop and it must be considered something, right? I do a bad job for selling this, I can say.

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Take a look, if for no other reason, the film is worth rethinking only for the last scene, which includes Etet to fight an endless flow of interdimensional criminals from the top of Zigurat in space, all supported by Papa's "last".

So, yes, that's pretty good.