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Shaolin Soccer
on DVD (2001)
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| Starring: |
Stephen Chow, Vicki Zhao, Man Tai Ng |
| Director: |
Stephen Chow |
| Studio: |
OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
86 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
| Languages: |
Cantonese |
| Dubbed: |
English |
| Released: |
14/03/2005
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Brief synopsis of Shaolin Soccer
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 captain of the aptly named Evil Team. Recruiting Sing and his goofy brothers who all have names like Steel Head, Hook Kick Leg, and Weight Vest (with qualities to match), Hung's team soon rises through the ranks via their supernatural Kung Fu soccer skills. There's also a love interest in the form of a shy girl (Vicki Zhao Wei) who uses martial arts magic in making steamed bread. MATRIX-style digital effects elevate the actor's martial arts skills to ludicrous heights, giving the clichéd story such a giddy, high-octane boost it soars into a comic class by itself. Soccer balls ripple through the air like slo-mo bullets, smashing through walls, and flying thousands of feet in the air. A box office smash in the East, SHAOLIN SOCCER should prove irresistible to open-minded Westerners looking for a laugh-out-loud experience.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
After combining kung fu and cuisine in The God of Cookery, Stephen Chow turns to football in this cartoonish underdog comedy, which broke box-office records in his native Hong Kong. Opening with a monochrome flashback to a deliberately missed penalty, the action centres on the efforts of Ng Man Tat's disgraced, disabled ex-pro teaming with Chow's Shaolin monk to coach a side capable of defeating Patrick Tse's team of ruthless over-achievers. The action is everything here, although Chow also tosses in some ingenious effects, the odd movie parody and several throwaway in-jokes (notably Cecilia Cheung and Karen Mok cameoing as excessively hirsute blokes). The result is fast, furious fun.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Enjoyable broad slapstick comedy that takes the usual sports movie cliché Ð of an over-the-hill coach training a team of no-hopers and turning them into winners Ð and treats it in an infectiously ridiculous manner.
Time Out
Coming on with extreme silliness and a plethora of goodwill, Shaolin Soccer is the kung fu-football comedy...
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