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Went to see Mr. Li's latest offering yesterday, what can I say? It's roughly what I expected.
The concept behind the film is thus: There is not just one universe, there are many - a multiverse (according to the film). There is not just one you, there are also many. All the universes are connected and there is a balance - an equilibrium - between them all.
However, as travel between universes becomes possible (though very exclusive and policed) a rogue element seeks to abuse this and upset the balance in order to become... "the one".
As I understand it, becoming the one means killing off all the other versions of you in all the other universes. So, of course, the rogue elememt is Jet Li. As he kills another version of himself, that versions energy is divided between the remaining versions (making them faster, stronger and smarter).
We join the film at the point were Li kills the second to last version of himself. (So as you can imagine he is pretty strong, smart, etc).
This leaves us with a fantastic hollywood cliche, 2 versions of the main character, one good one bad.
I thought, the concept was quite an interesting one really, however in true Hollywood fashion - the plot was completely ignored in favour of filling the film with pointless explosions and bad acting.
Surprisingly enough, one of the better performances in the film was Li, his grasp of enlish is fairly sound by now and his kung fu stylings were as good as ever, PLUS quite inventive in places. The fight scenes were quite Matrix-esque but different enough for it not to be annoying the slow mo bits were always impressive and therefore it didn't feel like the gimic was being overused. The fight scenes are definately worth seeing.
However, the rest of the film was, in a word, rubbish. It made as much sense as it needed to (as in you couldn't sit complaining about it contradicting itself) without actually reaching the realms of interesting.
As I said before the acting for the most part was terrible. His name escapes me for the moment, but "Turkish" from the film "Snatch" was the token white american hero who loses his partner in the line of duty, fakes an american accent appaulingly and was an altogether useless character/ plot elemnent. He didn't need to be there, it was amistake to allow him to be so.
The rest of the supporting cast were just as irrelevant but not quite as annoying.
The concept behind the film is thus: There is not just one universe, there are many - a multiverse (according to the film). There is not just one you, there are also many. All the universes are connected and there is a balance - an equilibrium - between them all.
However, as travel between universes becomes possible (though very exclusive and policed) a rogue element seeks to abuse this and upset the balance in order to become... "the one".
As I understand it, becoming the one means killing off all the other versions of you in all the other universes. So, of course, the rogue elememt is Jet Li. As he kills another version of himself, that versions energy is divided between the remaining versions (making them faster, stronger and smarter).
We join the film at the point were Li kills the second to last version of himself. (So as you can imagine he is pretty strong, smart, etc).
This leaves us with a fantastic hollywood cliche, 2 versions of the main character, one good one bad.
I thought, the concept was quite an interesting one really, however in true Hollywood fashion - the plot was completely ignored in favour of filling the film with pointless explosions and bad acting.
Surprisingly enough, one of the better performances in the film was Li, his grasp of enlish is fairly sound by now and his kung fu stylings were as good as ever, PLUS quite inventive in places. The fight scenes were quite Matrix-esque but different enough for it not to be annoying the slow mo bits were always impressive and therefore it didn't feel like the gimic was being overused. The fight scenes are definately worth seeing.
However, the rest of the film was, in a word, rubbish. It made as much sense as it needed to (as in you couldn't sit complaining about it contradicting itself) without actually reaching the realms of interesting.
As I said before the acting for the most part was terrible. His name escapes me for the moment, but "Turkish" from the film "Snatch" was the token white american hero who loses his partner in the line of duty, fakes an american accent appaulingly and was an altogether useless character/ plot elemnent. He didn't need to be there, it was amistake to allow him to be so.
The rest of the supporting cast were just as irrelevant but not quite as annoying.
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All do yourselves a favour and pick up Once Upon A Time in China or any of the Shaolin Temple movies, that's proper Jet Lee non of this Westernised rubbish.
Silent85 wrote:
> where did u get it on dvd
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It's been out in America on DVD for ages (they got it at the cinema in November!!)
Anyway, I hated Kiss Of The Dragon, it was cack
I quite liked Romeo Must Die, but that was partly due to the rap music in it
The One is probably the best of all his Western films so far
> where did u get it on dvd
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It's been out in America on DVD for ages (they got it at the cinema in November!!)
Anyway, I hated Kiss Of The Dragon, it was cack
I quite liked Romeo Must Die, but that was partly due to the rap music in it
The One is probably the best of all his Western films so far
I would like to see that Film...
I've got it on DVD and I think its a great action film. I thought the action scenes were the best use of bullet time and slow motion stunts since the matrix. I hope Jet Li sticks to making more big budget action flick in the future, this was so much more enjoyable than Romeo Must Die and Kiss of The Dragon.
I'm gonna see this if it ever comes out out in the cinemas down here.
I'm not expecting too much, I just wanna see a Jet Li film at the cinema. Same with Collateral Damage and Arnie. :-D
Anyway, Turkish's name is Jason Statham. He tried an american accent briefly in Snatch when he said "Why didn't you bust a cap is his ass?" Watch it with commentary from Guy Ritchie and Matt Vaughn and they mock him for his pathetic attempt. :-D
Going to see Blade 2 tonight though. Can't wait. "Can you blush?" is the only bit I know. But that alone sounds brilliant. "Can you?" :-D
I'm not expecting too much, I just wanna see a Jet Li film at the cinema. Same with Collateral Damage and Arnie. :-D
Anyway, Turkish's name is Jason Statham. He tried an american accent briefly in Snatch when he said "Why didn't you bust a cap is his ass?" Watch it with commentary from Guy Ritchie and Matt Vaughn and they mock him for his pathetic attempt. :-D
Going to see Blade 2 tonight though. Can't wait. "Can you blush?" is the only bit I know. But that alone sounds brilliant. "Can you?" :-D
When I saw the advert for it, I was sure "Turkish" (I also don't know his name) was meant to be British, because his accent sounded cockney
Saw the film yesterday, and I realised he's actually attempting an American accent... Why??? There are thousands of American actors who could've done it, or they could've let the guy do his own voice, instead of one of the worst American accents I've ever heard. His cockney kept slipping through, it was terrible
Anyway, the special effects for the most part were great, but the CG bikes didn't look too hot
They had some great bullet time music in, like Drowning Pool - Bodies and Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
Wasn't enough action in it for my liking, but it was still good
It was a good film to be honest, with an easy to understand plot (if you're open minded) Not as good as Blade 2 but I'd see it anyway if you like martial arts/sci fi/action films
Saw the film yesterday, and I realised he's actually attempting an American accent... Why??? There are thousands of American actors who could've done it, or they could've let the guy do his own voice, instead of one of the worst American accents I've ever heard. His cockney kept slipping through, it was terrible
Anyway, the special effects for the most part were great, but the CG bikes didn't look too hot
They had some great bullet time music in, like Drowning Pool - Bodies and Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
Wasn't enough action in it for my liking, but it was still good
It was a good film to be honest, with an easy to understand plot (if you're open minded) Not as good as Blade 2 but I'd see it anyway if you like martial arts/sci fi/action films
Went to see Mr. Li's latest offering yesterday, what can I say? It's roughly what I expected.
The concept behind the film is thus: There is not just one universe, there are many - a multiverse (according to the film). There is not just one you, there are also many. All the universes are connected and there is a balance - an equilibrium - between them all.
However, as travel between universes becomes possible (though very exclusive and policed) a rogue element seeks to abuse this and upset the balance in order to become... "the one".
As I understand it, becoming the one means killing off all the other versions of you in all the other universes. So, of course, the rogue elememt is Jet Li. As he kills another version of himself, that versions energy is divided between the remaining versions (making them faster, stronger and smarter).
We join the film at the point were Li kills the second to last version of himself. (So as you can imagine he is pretty strong, smart, etc).
This leaves us with a fantastic hollywood cliche, 2 versions of the main character, one good one bad.
I thought, the concept was quite an interesting one really, however in true Hollywood fashion - the plot was completely ignored in favour of filling the film with pointless explosions and bad acting.
Surprisingly enough, one of the better performances in the film was Li, his grasp of enlish is fairly sound by now and his kung fu stylings were as good as ever, PLUS quite inventive in places. The fight scenes were quite Matrix-esque but different enough for it not to be annoying the slow mo bits were always impressive and therefore it didn't feel like the gimic was being overused. The fight scenes are definately worth seeing.
However, the rest of the film was, in a word, rubbish. It made as much sense as it needed to (as in you couldn't sit complaining about it contradicting itself) without actually reaching the realms of interesting.
As I said before the acting for the most part was terrible. His name escapes me for the moment, but "Turkish" from the film "Snatch" was the token white american hero who loses his partner in the line of duty, fakes an american accent appaulingly and was an altogether useless character/ plot elemnent. He didn't need to be there, it was amistake to allow him to be so.
The rest of the supporting cast were just as irrelevant but not quite as annoying.
The concept behind the film is thus: There is not just one universe, there are many - a multiverse (according to the film). There is not just one you, there are also many. All the universes are connected and there is a balance - an equilibrium - between them all.
However, as travel between universes becomes possible (though very exclusive and policed) a rogue element seeks to abuse this and upset the balance in order to become... "the one".
As I understand it, becoming the one means killing off all the other versions of you in all the other universes. So, of course, the rogue elememt is Jet Li. As he kills another version of himself, that versions energy is divided between the remaining versions (making them faster, stronger and smarter).
We join the film at the point were Li kills the second to last version of himself. (So as you can imagine he is pretty strong, smart, etc).
This leaves us with a fantastic hollywood cliche, 2 versions of the main character, one good one bad.
I thought, the concept was quite an interesting one really, however in true Hollywood fashion - the plot was completely ignored in favour of filling the film with pointless explosions and bad acting.
Surprisingly enough, one of the better performances in the film was Li, his grasp of enlish is fairly sound by now and his kung fu stylings were as good as ever, PLUS quite inventive in places. The fight scenes were quite Matrix-esque but different enough for it not to be annoying the slow mo bits were always impressive and therefore it didn't feel like the gimic was being overused. The fight scenes are definately worth seeing.
However, the rest of the film was, in a word, rubbish. It made as much sense as it needed to (as in you couldn't sit complaining about it contradicting itself) without actually reaching the realms of interesting.
As I said before the acting for the most part was terrible. His name escapes me for the moment, but "Turkish" from the film "Snatch" was the token white american hero who loses his partner in the line of duty, fakes an american accent appaulingly and was an altogether useless character/ plot elemnent. He didn't need to be there, it was amistake to allow him to be so.
The rest of the supporting cast were just as irrelevant but not quite as annoying.
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