AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
~ Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice. A practical approach to problems and affairs.
~ Collaboration of science, beliefs, ideas and technology
~ there is no point of conflicting the author because all the factors are related.
THE ONE (FILM)
A superhuman criminal named Gabriel YuLaw (Jet Li), once an officer of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormhole openings, which can be predicted like the weather), seeks to hunt down and kill all other variations of himself in alternate universes.
By killing all of his other selves, (and thus becoming the last version
of himself) and absorbing their life energies into himself, he believes
he will become "The One", a godlike being. YuLaw is briefly captured by
MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), only to escape from captivity during the final phase of his sentence to life in a penal colony.
The last known alternate, Gabriel (Gabe) Law, works in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
For two years he has been experiencing increases in strength, speed and
mental ability but neither he nor his wife, T.K. Law (TK) (Carla Gugino),
can understand why. While transporting a snitching prisoner for the
Sheriff's Department, Gabe "feels" Yulaw's presence just before he
attempts to kill Gabriel Law. Yulaw escapes, with Gabe giving chase and
leaping a very high wall – which is humanly impossible. Upon landing on
the other side Yulaw faces Gabe and shoots him, but not fatally. Going
in for the kill, Yulaw is interrupted by Rodecker and Funsch.
Gabe Law sees Yulaw, who is identical to him in every way. Being
unfamiliar with interdimensional travel between universes, Yulaw's
appearance is incomprehensible. At the hospital again Gabe feels Yulaw's
presence. There is another fight and Rodecker and Funsch again
intervene. Yulaw deters them from shooting him because if he is killed,
then Gabe will pose a problem because he would then be left as the only
"One". Dressed alike and identical in every way, Gabe and Yulaw's battle
confuse Gabe's Sheriff Department colleagues. Both Gabe and Yulaw
manage to escape the hospital.
Rodecker is faced with a dilemma: they are chasing two superhumans,
they cannot kill either one. Funsch insists that YuLaw, as the
instigator, must be dealt with in a more aggressive manner. Rodecker
makes a fateful decision to "go way off procedure" and split the team.
Rodecker pursues Yu Law and is killed. Funsch catches up with Gabe and
tells him about the multiverse and why he has become stronger. Yulaw
finds Gabe's residence where TK, believing it is Gabe, attempts to
protect him, but she senses he is not really Gabe. Gabe arrives only to
have Yulaw force him to watch while he kills her. Funsch finds Gabe and
they team up to find Yulaw at the next occurrence of a wormhole – an
industrial plant.
Yulaw, Gabe Law and Funsch arrive at the industrial plant, where the
final battle between Gabe and Yulaw takes place. where Gabe is
ultimately victorious, but all three are caught in the wormhole and
travel back to the MVA headquarters in the Alpha Universe. YuLaw is
transported immediately to the prison colony universe after a last-ditch
attempt to switch places with Gabe. The MVA then prepares to send
Gabriel back to his own universe where he will be arrested and put in
prison for the murders Yulaw committed, but Agent Funsch instead sends
him to a universe similar to Gabe's past via another wormhole, after
Gabe told him about the events which led up to him meeting his wife.
Yulaw, now in the penal colony, declares his intent to still become the
one; standing at the top of a Ziggurat
in the Hades universe, in order to prove his capability of becoming the
one, YuLaw commences to battle oncoming waves of hundreds of provoked
fighters approaching the Ziggurat as the credits roll.
CRITICISM:
Though when watch at the first time, may get confused but as you thoroughly watch it and really understand it, you can see that every detail is included that is why there is no reason for the watchers to be confused.
The movie contains a belief this when Yu law believes that when he kill all of his look alike he will be THE ONE (as in god). so believing this ideas he killed one by one all his look alike. He'd done it using a worm hole. In the part why Yu law had other variations of himself you don't have to be confused because it is also included that Yu Law came from an alternate universe.
The climax in the movie is that Gabe, the only one left alternate, feels the presence of Yu Law he decided to help the agents to help them captured Yu Law.
In the end, they have captured Yu Law and sent him to the Kingdom of Hades while Gabe sent to the universe similar to Gabe's past via the wormhole.
It is really confusing at first watch but as you watch it again and again you may find it pretty awesome.
No comments:
Post a Comment