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The One Turns 25: Dwayne Johnson Was Supposed to Star, and His Fight Scenes Were Already Planned Before Jet Li Took Over
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Source: Fortress of Solitude
For better or worse, The Matrix‘s phenomenal success opened the floodgates for studios and filmmakers to capitalize on the same groundbreaking formula: lots of wire-fu choreography, bullet-time effects, a high-tech sci-fi action premise, and an industrial/nu metal-heavy soundtrack. You could see them in Equilibrium, Ultraviolet, and, of course, The One, which hit theaters 25 years ago on November 2, 2001. The latter boasts an interesting premise: Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li), a MultiVerse Authority (MVA) agent who goes rogue by travelling across parallel dimensions to kill the alternate versions of himself. Each kill makes him stronger; after he successfully executes over 120 of them, leaving only Gabe Law (also Li), the LASD deputy sheriff who happens to be the last variant that Gabriel needs to eliminate to become “The One”.
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