History Film / TheOne

An action movie from 2001, starring JetLi and JetLi with JetLi in a minor role, born in the wake of the ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''-inspired BulletTime craze.

** Al Gore became president in another world, and Bush in ours.

*** According to Creator/JasonStatham's character, one of Law's counterparts is either gay or a woman (specifically, he says "married to a man"). This appears to be the only thing he mentions that bugs Law.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Yulaw. Especially when his ambition is to become a PhysicalGod.

** BadassNormal: Roedecker. He's an ordinary human who is able to go toe-to-toe with Yulaw and fight evenly with him for about a minute and a half.

-->'''Yulaw:''' I am Yulaw! I am ''nobody's'' bitch! ''You'' are mine. I don't need to know you. ''You'' only need to know ''me''. I will be The One!

'''T.K.:''' ''(turns gun on Yulaw)'' It wasn't a bookstore.
* BolivianArmyEnding: See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHjy_HZRfaA&fmt=18 this]].

* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Each time a duplicate dies, the life force is spread among the remaining duplicates. Thus, by the time there are only two left, both effectively have superpowers.

*** According to JasonStatham's character, one of Law's counterparts is either gay or a woman (specifically, he says "married to a man"). This appears to be the only thing he mentions that bugs Law.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Gabe ends up [[spoiler: being sent to a universe where his an alternate version of his wife is still alive.]]

** BadassAbnormal: Yulaw. Definitely Yulaw.

** Yulaw. Definitely Yulaw.
** Roedecker. He's an [[BadassNormal ordinary human]] who is able to go toe-to-toe with Yulaw and fight evenly with him for about a minute and a half.

The story takes place in a multiverse composed of 125 parallel worlds. Gabriel Yulaw, a former interdimensional law enforcer, is forced to kill one of his alter-egos in self defense. This action accidentally leads him to discover that the life energy is redistributed among the surviving versions of Yulaw, making them stronger and faster. Soon afterward, he drops out of the force and begins actively hunting down all his alternate selves in order to become the most powerful being in existence. He makes it to 123, and only a single target prevents him from becoming [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne The One]].

* ReplacementGoldfish: Gabe ends up being sent to a universe where his an alternate version of his wife is still alive.

-->[[spoiler: An eagle-eyed viewer may be able to tell which is which even before Funsch spots the tan line: Yulaw tied the arms of his jacket around his waist, while Gabe removed his entirely.]]

** Rodecker is an interdimensional law officer in one world, and a [[spoiler: gas station worker in ours]].

* RedshirtArmy: The SWAT teams in both versions of Los Angeles, as well as most of the multiversal police, are little more than speedbumps at best to Yulaw. The exceptions would be Rodecker and Funsch. The only time any uniformed police manage to seriously impair Yulaw is when Gabe is backing them up.

** We get to see maybe a half-dozen different version of Law at his hearing including the criminal Lawless, and the goofy blonde Sven Law.
*** According to JasonStatham's character, one of Law's counterparts is either gay or a woman (specifically, he says "married to a man"). This appears to be the only thing Law finds offensive.

* AHellOfATime: When [[spoiler: Yulaw is imprisoned after failing to become the one]] he finds it's not so bad, as he receives what he wanted anyways [[spoiler: a place where he is the most powerful of all]].

* CombatPragmatist: If the opening is any indication, Yulaw prefers to ambush his alternates rather than pick a fair fight with an opponent as powerful as he is.

An action movie from 2001, starring JetLi and JetLi with JetLi in a minor role, born in the wake of the ''[[TheMatrix Matrix]]''-inspired BulletTime craze.

* AGodAmI: What Yulaw hopes to achieve after killing all of his {{alternate universe}} counterparts.

** T.K. is an [[EvilRedhead evil redhead]] in one world, a wife in another, and a [[spoiler: has-yet-to-meet Good Law]] Veterinarian in another.

** Roedecker. He's an [[BadassNormal ordinary human]] who is able to go toe-to-toe with Yulaw and fight evenly with him for about a minute and a half.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Agent Roedecker dies, but his counterpart in our timeline is encountered working as a gas station attendant.

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* FridgeLogic:
** The movie implies that if they kill either Law or Yulaw, the remaining one will gain the power of the dead one and practically become a god. However after sending Yulaw to Hades Universe (to make sure he is kept busy but not dead), they almost send Law back to his own universe, where he is wanted for murder and most certainly will be executed.
** Before his sentence, it is mentioned that Yulaw killed 124 victims, all of whom are alternate versions of his. This is an impressively low body count, considering how he beats/shoots the crap out of anyone getting between him and his targets.

* ActingForTwo: Several actors play counterpart characters from the different dimensions; Jet Li plays both protagonist and antagonist, plus a few additional ones that we see getting killed off. Each character is significantly different from the other; Carla Gugino plays Gabe's loving wife and Yulaw's rather trampy-looking consort.

* CurbstompBattle: Yu Law against any non-superpowered human (excepting [[BadassNormal Roedecker]]).

* AHellOfATime: When [[spoiler: Yulaw is imprisone] after failing to become the one]] he finds it's not so bad, as he receives what he wanted anyways [[spoiler: a place where he is the most powerful of all]].

->"What if there was a killer traveling through parallel worlds...and he looked just like you?"

* FridgeBrilliance: JasonStatham, describing the multiverse to Gabe, mentions that "in another, you're married to a ''man''" - [[spoiler:which would be the one place with TK still single and available. Which is where Gabe ends up.]]

** T.K. is an [[EvilRedhead evil redhead]] in one world, a wife in another, and [[spoiler: has-yet-to-meet Good Law]] in another.