Hong Kong satirist Stephen Chow wrote, directed, and stars in this hilarious spoof of sports and kung fu movie cliches. Chow plays 'Mighty Steel Leg' Sing, who can kick soda cans through walls, and is a natural soccer star in the eyes of crippled coach Fung (Patrick Se Yin), who is looking to challenge his arch rival Hung, the .. Read more
| Starring | Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao, Man Tai Ng |
|---|---|
| Director | Stephen Chow |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
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I think it was the Canadian filmmaker Don McKellar who observed that ET is nothing but a boy-and-his-dog movie, Lassie with supernatural powers. Take that literally and you wind up with CJ7, the latest from Hong Kong comedy actor-director Stephen Chow – best known here for the brilliant Kung Fu Hustle and the patchier Shaolin Soccer. Jackie Chan is regularly compared to Buster Keaton, but Chow has more in common with the sentimental slapstick of Charlie Chaplin. Here he’s an... Read more
Once every four years, the entire country is infected with football fever. Sure, the Euro championships are exciting enough, but the World Cup is on another level altogether. When our brave cricketers wrested the Ashes back from Australia, there really ought to have been a public holiday. A nation rose in celebration. But massive, monumental, marvellous as that was, a FIFA World Cup is something else. Because football's in our blood. And try as many of us will to balance our lives with more... Read more