The One Warrior (2011)
The One Warrior is a fantasy/action piece that is loosely based on video adventure games. In our story, the character of The One Warrior finds himself in a mythical world where he must destroy the Evil Lord Shoukata, but to do so he must first fight his way through many challenges. These include dragons, the cursed swords of Damacleus, the Samurai Six, the Amazon Warriors, and much, much more. With each level he passes through, the more powerful he becomes until the end where we realize it is really a man who may have been testing a new video game. Or was it? The truth may never be known. Written by Jewel A
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You won't be disappointed!
Stylish but barely mediocre overall
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
The Power Ranger jokes start the moment Jason David Frank appears on screen. The character Brutus even makes his own Power ranger jokes at Jason's The One's expense. This is reminiscent of the Original Final Fantasy game. "The One" achieves level ups whenever he defeats certain opponents. He receives gems for the most part and when they touch a medallion around his neck, he glows and seems to enlarge ala Mario and the mushrooms. The One is supposed to be the greatest warrior of all times, yet can be easily disarmed by his opponents. Each opponent has to be hit a certain number of times, like 2 or 3 times, before they dissipate into the air or into the ground. There is a creature referred to as a Dragon which is actually a Wyvern. Dragons have four legs and wings on their backs while Wyverns have winged arms. Why is it Fantasy movies never get this right? The One is warned a couple times that the Wyvern will fight if The One dares enter its domain. Then, toward the end of the movie, the Wyvern permits The One to violate that rule and actually flies The One to obtain a sword needed to defeat Shoukata. The encounters with foes is where I have a huge problem with this story. Each time, The One is supposed to defeat ALL he encounters. Yet, he only fights the main Amazon (the others take off when she's defeated). He only battles 4 of the 5 Ghosts that appear. What happened to the 5th one? The Samurai Six aren't dressed like any Samurai I've ever seen. Shaolin monks, perhaps, but not Samurai. The fight scene is incredibly lame. Jason is MMA, yet fights like a first year student. Are we supposed to truly believe he and the "Samurai" are giving it their all? Why does everyone take a turn during the battle? This is supposed to be an actual battle. Ganging up on him would be the logical solution. No, they prefer to fight the way the original Final Fantasy characters fought - one at a time. The ending is completely "You Have Got to be Kidding Me". This is the type of movie you put on for background noise while cleaning the house or watch as a "Don't Judge Me" movie when there's nothing interesting on other channels. I gave it a four because Brutus and Merlin are worth watching.
**CAUTION** --SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!-- **CAUTION** Okay, first thing I wanna say is I actually liked this movie. Production value sucked balls, but the story was actually fun to follow. It borrowed heavily from RPG's. Right down to the random battles just appear to the defeated just fading away to getting rewards and leveling up for the characters. This is a nice departure from other action/fantasy movies. Jason David Frank is by no means an Oscar Award caliber actor, but he was one of the more believable characters as "The One Warrior." Dominic Keating as "Merlin" and the voice of the Dragon was top notch... probably the best actor in the whole movie. Everyone else's performances seemed very forced. Brent Henry's portrayal of "Brutus" was very underwhelming in terms of dialog. Edward Saint Pe' barely gave the impression of being the villain. I laughed through most of their scenes. The "Lady of the Forest," however wasn't too bad, but when you first see her she has an English accent and later on it's all gone. The visual effects was not the greatest... the amateur fan films "Mega Man" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" by Eddie Lebron does a better job than this film with a bigger budget, you really have to think about how much effort was put into it. (by the way, check those movies out... they are really good) That's not to say that all effects were bad, some were actually pretty cool. I imagine that if The Dragon Warrior (The One Warrior) was given the Hollywood treatment, it would have been amazing. Anyways, the fight choreography was horrid. Jason Frank was a highly skilled martial artist, he could have made the fighting look so much better. The one thing that threw me for a loop was the final minutes of the movie. I won't say what it was, but all I could do is laugh and shout "REALLY!?!?!?! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!?!?!?!???!?!?!?" I have great respect to filmmakers. I am more inclined to watch low budget films and amateur films because there is more heart in them than most Hollywood films. I give this film a 7 out of 10 because of the story and how divergent it was from the traditional action/fantasy genre.
...You can smash down with your friends in the pub, go on a romantic date with your girlfriend... or shoot the movie.Obviously, shooting the movie is funniest and most original thing to do as it doesn't happen everyday and if you ask if 100 bucks is enough for it, here's the answer: It is. Just watch this movie.Unpretentious, cheap, Z-Grade Fantasy movie with cliché plot with twist in the end. Costumes, made by wives and girlfriends of the actors during their spare time and weapons bought on Amazon market (in section of toys for 6-12 y.o. kids). As bad as it sounds, this movie is in fact good. It never sells itself as something superb or high-class. It doesn't take itself seriously and you watch it with smile on your face whole time trough.Actors can't act, surroundings look cheap, screenplay is uber-simple and still it's pretty easy to enjoy it. (only if you have correct expectations).For the plus side... fighting scenes are well choreographed in fact.I wouldn't want to rate this movie. It won't be fair, because as a MOVIE - it deserves nothing, but as a home-video of friends who decided to roleplay and capture it on camera, this thing is really great.Next time I will have free 100$ in my pocket, I may go shoot the sequel of it.
It is horrifying the overall "quality" of this movie if can be called that. The blunt lack of skill in production going from script to actor performance is overwhelming. I find it shameful and an insult to the legends or myths used in this production. Slow growing into any kind of watch-able scene. It brings you past the humanly possible stress point, annoying you to limits you never thought possible. I feel sorry for anyone that paid a ticked or bought a CD/DVD copy of this movie. I just hope anyone that would come across it to see the reviews on IMDb before any sort of purchase or rental. To sum up the words driven in this production, they are shameful, horrific and overall an insult to customers.