2006-09-07 04:42:34 · 35 answers · asked by Gisela Esther M 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Hi Gisela Esther M, my favourate jet li movie is "The One" here's the story
The setting for this plot is a "multiverse" consisting of many parallel universes (using the Everett interpretation, there are an infinite number). The first Universes that discovered this "fact" went about creating a police force to ensure no abuse occurs by travelling from Universe to another through "Quantum wormholes". Yulaw (Jet Li) is a former officer in this force who discovers that his strength increases when he kills a version of himself from another Universe. He then goes about killing the 123 copies of himself that are known to exist and their strengths flow to him and his one remaining counterpart, Gabe (Li again), in the 124th Universe (arguably there are more than 125 Universes, but a Yulaw-like personality does not exist in them).
Gabe, a regular cop in a Universe similar to ours, is unable to explain his sudden increase in strength. That is until Yulaw comes after him. Aided by two of the Multiverse police, Roedecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), Gabe must stop Yulaw before Yulaw becomes "the one" standing, which would allow him to gain an enormous amount of power and rule the Multiverse as a despotic god.
The idea that as one person is killed in a given Universe, his strength flows to all his other counterparts in different Universes, is an interesting one. The corollary is that all the counterparts of a given individual follow some Zen-like equivalent of the First Law of Theromodynamics (that their strengths are conserved). That also is the flaw in the idea driving the film: why make a distinction that limits strengths to individuals? Why not atoms or molecules? If the strengths holding together the atoms that compromise an individual were distributed to all atoms in all Universes when that individual died, then assuming an approximately equal number of births and deaths, no one would notice anything. (Presumably also, in the natural order of things in this film's Multiverse, a counterpart would be born every time one dies to ensure there is a balance.)
When I saw the previews for this film, I thought that watching Jet Li fight with himself should be simply amazing. But it wasn't. The movie is interesting for the ideas it brings up, but there is very little of Jet Li's martial arts prowess on display here. The film is fast-paced and by the time the basic elements of the plot are set up, there's little time for fight sequences.
The soundtrack for the film is very good. The joke of Al Gore as U.S. President in one Universe was topped by George W. Bush proposing universal health care in another. The One is a great film to watch on the big screen, especially if you happen to like mostly brainless action.
Hope u enjoy.
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2006-09-07 04:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Romeo Must Die.
From the first time I saw this movie I was mesmerized by the pulsating chemistry between him and Aaliyah.
I have never seen a movie (before or since) where the two leads are propelled by such a strong attraction.
Some of the scenes are pure light even if the story itself has no overt romance. (Before the film makers edited the movie, there was a scene in which the two of them kiss at the end.But it was thought inapropriate since his father had just shot himself.So they edited it out).
It has a really good soundtrack. And,if you're wondering about the action scenes, they're very very good.
The supporting cast is excellent.
Really this is a great adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
2006-09-07 11:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Once Upon A Time in China 1, or Fong Sai Yuk 1 (The Legend I think in English)
All the new films don't compete at all.
2006-09-07 05:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jdaki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Office Space
2006-09-07 04:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by sooners83 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hero, I'm looking forward to his last epic movie, Jet Li's Fearless!! If it's anything like Hero is should be great!
2006-09-07 04:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by angelaamerson1999 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The One.
2006-09-07 04:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by Dilanny P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite is probably Romeo Must Die, then Unleashed... I did love him in Lethal Weapon 4... was first movie I ever saw him in and didn't realize until years later it was him... Hero is also very good, but I loved the whole cast to me that was very much an ensemble piece.
2006-09-07 05:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Jet Li in all his roles!
But he is best as a villain (his first villain role) in LETHAL WEAPON 4. This movie has been ruined, now, by having Mel (the pig)Gibson in it, but Jet Li's performance in it is thrilling.
2006-09-07 04:50:03 · answer #8 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hero
2006-09-07 04:56:47 · answer #9 · answered by Lost Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The One cos they so many of him in the movie Romeo Must Die was good
2006-09-07 04:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by BUDDXX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋