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Computer generated special effects have seldom been so giddy as in Shaolin Soccer, a gleeful fusion of kung fu and a classic Bad News Bears sports story. A former soccer star--whose "golden leg" was broken by a hired mob--assembles a team of former students of Shaolin martial arts, whose assorted skills (indicated by their nicknames, like Mighty Steel Leg and Iron Head) lend themselves to the swift interplay of the world's most popular game. Along the way, the team's leader (Hong Kong comic superstar Stephen Chow) meets a sticky bun baker (Vicki Zhao) whose kung fu is the equal of any of his teammates. Shaolin Soccer is supremely silly--in the final match, their opponents are called Team Evil--but that's part of the fun. American movies rarely achieve this perfect balance of the absurd and the sincere. A delight. --Bret Fetzer
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Two versions of the film: i) Fully Uncut Hong Kong Version (Cantonese with English Subtitles) ii) English dubbed version Making-of Documentary Outtakes Special Effects Featurette A Guide to the Shaolin Moves
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What can I say! This movie is a must see but only the original version, as the stupid american version has cut out the best bits. The story evolves around Stephen Chow and pals trying to update Shaolin Kung Fu, by incorporating the moves with football. I must say the best moment for me is the hilarious shaolin cabaret act... I bought this film for my cousins and we laughed so much we kept on rewinding this scene.
I can't reccommend this film enough. If you have a silly sense of humour and like your kung fu slap-stick style, than this gem is definately for you!
I can't reccommend this film enough. If you have a silly sense of humour and like your kung fu slap-stick style, than this gem is definately for you!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was a little apprehensive about this movie, after all kung fu football? Even more left field than the average baseball movie! But its a hoot, never a dull moment, even if its obvious what is going to happen at the end. A ragtag team of dreamers, disillusioned drifters and failed entrepreneurs, with an alcoholic crippled ex-footballer as a coach take on the all conquering Team Evil. Now what do you think happens? This is pure escapist fun from Stephen Chow and his team of usual suspects. No great acting on show here, simple one dimensional characters and a hackneyed storyline. Yet carried off with so much verve and panache its impossible not to love. This movie does exactly what it says on the tin. But watch the cantonese version, its longer, makes more sense and the jokes are even better than the stilted english delivery. And thats not even mentioning the incredible action and stunts.............
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Shaolin Soccer makes for perfectly ridiculous fun when a team of down and out kung fu masters coalesce around a degraded legend turned coach to take the sport of Chinese soccer to new heights (literally). For twenty years, Golden Leg Fung (Man Tat Ng) has limped around in the service of Team Evil Coach Hung (Yin Tse) waiting for his chance to be a coach, only to be ridiculed and driven away. Then he meets a poor kung fu master out on the streets and, after seeing what incredible leg power the fellow has, comes up with the crazy idea of forming a soccer team of kung fu masters. Mighty Steel Leg Sing (Stephen Chow), who had been looking for a way to spread kung fu teachings among more of the populace, quickly seeks out his former Shaolin brothers, none of whom are interested - at first. Eventually, the new dream team is assembled. There's Iron Shirt Tin, Iron Head, a very hefty Light Weight, Lightning Hands, and Hooking Leg (each of them named after his particular kung fu specialty). They don't know the first thing about soccer, and Golden Leg has a time trying to coach them up in time to enter the big, upcoming soccer tournament. Just when everything appears lost, the guys' kung fu powers are reawakened, and it's Game On from that point on. They aren't exactly intimidating when they come out in their yellow bathrobes, each one of them less athletic-looking than the next, but it's immediately obvious that these guys, with their high-flying, ball-screeching skills, are a force to be reckoned with. They are most definitely a sight to see.
There's one more kung fu master in town, a shy young woman named Mui (Zhao Wei) who has no self-confidence and works making sticky buns (using kung fu, of course). Might Steel Leg Sing befriends her, and there's a weird kind of romance between the two, but their weird relationship is sort of a weak spot in the story - although Mui herself is certainly a character of great importance. The film is really just about absurdly unreal kung fu soccer moves on (and above) the field and their culmination in the championship game between Team Evil and our beloved Shaolin Soccer Team. Hung, never above cheating, manages to put a team on the field that can actually outmatch the seemingly invincible kung fu soccer team, making it a contest unlike any you've ever seen before. CGI effects aplenty accompany each and every move on the field, serious injuries abound, and the enthusiastic crowd loves every minute of it. You'll see soccer play that even Pele could not have dreamed of (largely because it's all physically impossible) in this ultimate battle of good and evil. There's never really much doubt about how things will end, but that doesn't take away from any of the zany super-soccer special effects that make this the most exciting soccer game in history.
Shaolin Soccer is funny by design, and the key to making such a film is to go all out with the special effects. That's exactly what Stephen Chow does in this hilarious blend of soccer, kung fu, and comedy. Even when it takes on a distinctly cartoonish air, Shaolin Soccer proves more entertaining by the moment. With its constant humor and spectacular special effects, the film all but guarantees that a good time will be had by all.
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This movie is as good as it is bad. The good bits are good and the bad bits are terrible. I like it because it is different from the normal propaganda crap we get to choose from
Published 27 days ago by Don
Shaolin fun!
Great, not for everyone but then again if you're gonna watch a movie called Shaolin Soccer you're probably pretty open to whatever is gonna happen on screen. Read more
Published 6 months ago by sharky
Great film, rubbish transfer
The film is great, but unfortunately there has been little effort put into the Blu-ray transfer. At best it looks like an up-scaled DVD transfer, at worst it looks exactly like the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Paul Young
Great fun film
Got this when I purchased Kung-fu Hustle and watched it first just to keep things chronologically correct. Read more
Published 12 months ago by RandyAngell
Nosa's review
This is one hell of a football match that will leave you laughing like there is no tommorow!!! Nicely packaged and in very good condition.
Published 13 months ago by Nosa
a must see for the fun of it!!
this film is full of belly laughs right from the opening credits. Stephen Chow's unique style is one not to be missed and here is a film which will delight and bring a smile to... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lichinbo
Shaolin Soccer
If you don't take this movie too seriousy about football then you will really enjoy this. Madcap football/kung fu fun with the story of the underdogs trying to make it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. Folwell
shaolin soccer
dipatched & delivered quickly. a stephen chow movie, if you are a football/martial arts fan or not this is worth checking out.
Published 22 months ago by Kevin Fung
Bags of fun.
Director Stephen Chow is one without doubt one of the most original artists making films today, both in 'Shaolin Soccer' and 'Kung Fu Hustle', he easily mixes the best aspects of... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ernie
Unfunny and poor Blu-ray transfer
I really wanted to like this movie, but it was just not funny. And the Blu-ray transfer is horrible. Dust and specks are present and it's soft and just a poor transfer. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Nkp
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