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The
One
(Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment)
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| DVD
Release Date:
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March
5, 2002
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Length:
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87
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| Rated:
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PG-13
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Widescreen (2.35:1)
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Languages:
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English, French
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English, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai
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| Extras:
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Commentary Track, Featurettes, Trailer, Filmographies
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Ahh, the latest Jet Li acrobatic martial
arts show. Add the sci-fi spin and we get super-duper Jet Li! Of
course one needs to overlook the overall premise, but man, this has
got to be the most 'plot-hole'-laden one yet. Expected as that may be,
it is extremely difficult to overlook this time around. Oh well, at
least we get a lot of kung fu mayhem right? Wrong. Though indeed the
coolest thing here is a computer effects enhanced Jet Li facing off
against himself, we simply just don't get enough. One climactic end
battle, that's it. In fact, we don't even get that much of Jet Li
fighting anyone at all. Instead, there's just a lot of gun play. What
gives?
For extras, we get three decent making-of featurettes. One deals with
the actors while the other two focus on technical issues. There is
also a brief look at the many costumes our star dons, as well as the
trailer, filmographies, and a neat little animatic comparison with the
final film. The commentary, provided by director James Wong,
production designer David Snyder, cinematographer Robert McLachlan and
editor James Coblentz isn't too technical and gives a fair bit of
insight. A nice touch is having the different voices separated on
different audio channels. However, this is all wasted since they aren't
balanced with one another and leave you straining to hear half the
time.
While there's a lack of action from what I'm used to, it's still a
fun, albeit short, ride.
| The Movie: |
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4/10 |
| The Extras: |
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3/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
See It
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