he's not that one

Maxine 2022-03-25 09:01:09

When Jet Li starred in "Bombshell 4", Chinese fans all over the world were talking about it. The grand occasion at that time could only be compared to the later "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" when the virus was rampant. Even though he was only playing a supporting role, and he was a supporting villain, a supporting role of a dead villain - and he died in the end. From the beginning of "Shaolin Temple", Li has always been a martial arts star in the eyes of the Chinese people, representing authentic Chinese martial arts. But his performance in Hollywood is really disappointing. The first starring "Deadly Hero" ("Deadly Romeo") is simply unintelligible. Afterwards, "The kiss of dragon" was even more hopeless - shoddy script (full of loopholes), such as video tapes, churches, orphanages and so on. There are no pleasing action scenes, no big battles, and the plot is completely set up for the fight but ignores the authenticity. The current "Savior" is actually a derivative of "The Matrix", a parody. Why is the same commitment to Hollywood, the old man Jackie Chan's kung fu films are more popular than Jet Li? It's not that Uncle Cheng is better to fight (I believe everyone remembers that this uncle was beaten with blood by an ordinary movie fan), nor that he is handsome (and short as if he is Stallone and Hoffman's younger brother). Just because he picked the script right. Without a good script, Spielberg can't make a good film, and Tom Cruise and Danseo Washington can only be box-office poison. The person who knows the current affairs is Junjie, and a smart big-name star should know the truth of preferring not to be too much, otherwise he will soon be spurned by filmmakers, such as Chow Yun-fat, "Blood Is Not Cold" and other bad films make his worth is completely incomparable with Hollywood Chinese film stars. Compared with the rising "show" dragon with a big nose. I hope Lee doesn't become a thing of the past so soon.

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  • Ulises 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    Rewatch in 2017. After more than ten years, I watched it twice, and I still think the world setting is pretty good, and Jet Li's play is also good, very good, and after watching it again, I found that there are a lot of acquaintances.

  • Bernadette 2021-12-11 08:01:21

    In fact, the setting of the one is quite interesting. . .. In 2001, young people around the world were obsessed with the popular, before they came into contact with some classics; around 2000, because of the Internet, before the story of the setting of parallel universes was explosively magnified. A good opportunity to become a big hit even if it is not a classic ==. . . wasted. . Insufficient screenwriting and director skills

The One quotes

  • Yulaw: Just so you know, I'm going to take that gun and kill you before you can pull the trigger. There's nothing you can do, except give it to me.

  • [first lines]

    Narrator: There is not one universe. There are many: A multiverse. We have the technology to travel between universes, but travel is highly restricted and policed. There is not one you. There are many. Each of us exists in present time, in parallel universes. There was balance in the system, but now a force exists who seeks to destroy the balance so he can become The One.