Myself and my students of kung fu USA were invited to a private screening of jet li’s new movie the one, It was the most faked special effects I have ever seen come out of hollywood, dont get me wrong I like some special effects but not in this feature. It was a cross between the matrix,
timecop and a sci-fi flick with no story line. I was not impressed at to say the least. The best part of the film was when he is fighting himself and used ba gua zhang that part made us cheer, hoop and hollar! The worst part of the flick is at the end where without giving to much away or spoiling it for you movie goers was when he was thrown into prison his last words of the movie were I JU LAW I’M NOBODY’S *****…that was ridiculous and a extremly tacky way to end the movie and out right bad taste.
Dont waste your money, or you will be sorry, leave the 2 thumbs up to the FONZ…
Yeah. Our school got an invitation, too, but somehow we only received it at about 8:00, and the show was at 7:00. We were kind of annoyed, but the movie looked kind of ridiculous anyway, so we didn’t really care. I’ll probably still see it, but I know it’ll be stupid.
“Duifang jing zhi meng ji, wo fang tui zhi ce fang xi zhi.”
I like the idea behind the movie. I will see it anyway because generally I enjoy Jet Li movies no matter how sucky.
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“Duifang jing zhi meng ji, wo fang tui zhi ce fang xi zhi.”
I think that was the best ending ever lol. So cool.
Based on the trailer, there’re a lot of violatoin of Newton’s third law of motion… They should all go to jail for that and be Newton’s b!tch. 
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The movie rules. Jet Li owns you all.
i like the trailer where he hits the guy with the motorcycle. hahahahhahahaha.
it’s all fantastic, fantasy…
that’s how it is , don’t take it so seriously
peace
Kung Lek
Hah yeah, my school got a ton of flyers and a bunch of free passes for an advanced screening airborne expressed to us. We were like wtf? Anyways, hardly anyone wanted to see it.
I thought it was a pretty good movie myself. Well you know what they say about opinions. As far as the special effects, I never pay much attention to them. As a whole, I thought the movie was good, not the best, but good.
Peace
Je Lei Sifu 
The Southern Fist Subdues The Fierce Mountain Tiger
I know I’m going to love it allready I enjoy the Matrixy computer effects and crazy wire-fu. Personnaly I find “realistic” martial arts movies increadably boring(unless it’s Jackie Chan or Jet Li). I don’t know if I’ve ever sat through an entire Bruce Lee movie without falling asleap.
I will see any movie this guy makes.
Did you know that for Shaolin Temple (his first film which grossed millions and is a true classic - especially if you want to see some sick wushu) he was paid $0.20/day?
I support Jet Li and Jackie Chan as much as I can, since relative to American martial arts film stars, these guys are underappreciated masters.
And how many times do we have to see talk show interviews where all Jay Leno or Letterman can do is make fun of their English?
There’s always a few nifty new moves that make me smile, and every time I buy a ticket I feel like I’m supporting the best in the industry.
The movie was great fun to watch, I really enjoyed it! I think the people that were disappointed by “The One” were expecting to see “Shaolin Temple” or “Once Upon a Time In China”. I agree with shinwa, the ending couldn’t get better than that, lol :D!
I didn’t read all of the previous thread, but I wonder if the people ragging on Jet Li for this movie are the same ones that were praising the kung fu in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” as they were flying around and running on trees 
(I liked that movie too, BTW).
The ONE
Not bad, but no Matrix. The Xingyi Bagua themes were great, but probably only comprehensible to someone who really knows martial arts. The use of mirrors in the hospital, the elements in the final fight and the manacled xingyi practice in prison were great spins on internal myths, but they were definately too subtle for most. You could tell they were thinking about it, but couldn’t convey it. But if you’re a martial artist, you can sound really intelligent by bringing up these themes with your non-martial arts friends after you see it. I support any movie that empowers martial artists more. Tell them they have to buy the NOV/DEC 2001 Kungfu Qigong to really understand it.
Still, its always enjoyable to see Jet move, and he shows a lot of range. The fights were wacky and will probably be even better on DVD where you can slow it down. I liked The ONE better than KOTD or RMD, but I would like to see more from a Jet Li movie.
Gene Ching
Asst. Publisher
Kungfu Qigong Magazine & www.KUNGFUmagazine.com
I liked it…
The One was an entertaining flick… Not Profound or epic but still rating as a decient Action/Sci-fi movie. The soundtrack could have been stronger and the whole sub-text of the movie could have benifited from the pressance of a Sifu figure for Jet to bounce his experiences & realisations off of.
I didn’t see this movie yet
But I’m not going to see it with martial arts in mind.But rather I’m going to see it as a sci-fi flick and judge it that way.
Honest Neutral Clarity
You know…I personally think that ANYTHING Jet Li does is Kick Ass. Just for the reason that he’s a great martial artist, not to mention a great actor. But, I just think that people in America don’t have the knowledge to know that Jet is GREAT without all the glam…he’s just as good IF NOT BETTER without all the special effects, but we as Americans are used to all the special effects and NEED TO SEE IT…
Anybody catch Iron Monkey? Was it any good?
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“The One” had the best ******* soundtrack of the season. I just wish there had been more backround information, like who was that lady with the mouse? Other than that it kicked some major arse.
Rogue…
Iron Monkey is da bomb… you gotta see it!
de ja fu - The feeling that somewhere, somehow you’ve been kicked in the head like this before.