The One 2001

Stealing the power of the universes one by one.

6.105 / 10   1498 vote(s)
PG-13
Action Science Fiction Thriller

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

Release Date 2001-11-02
Runtime 1h 27m
Directors James Wong, Robert McLachlan, Richard Graves, David B. Nowell
Producers Steven Chasman, Charles Newirth, James Wong, Jason Heapy, Mark Ashton Hunt, Susan Zwerman, Glen Morgan
Writers James Wong, Glen Morgan

daft power fantasy

I'll admit right away: I stopped watching after the first fifteen minutes. There's some fun to be had in super-powerful action heroes, bulletproof martial-arts, guns with unlimited ammo in their magic magazines. But this was just silly, bordering on stupid.

If anything goes, then nothing matters. There is no real danger, the fictional stakes are supposedly high but effectively moot, and the motivations shallow.

I didn't waste more of my time on this one, and I think neither should you. Some accomplished actors earned their paycheck here; good for them. A WOMBAT.

jw