Shaolin Soccer (DVD)

Shaolin Soccer has finally reached these shores after becoming a massive success all throughout Asia back in 2001. Quite why it has taken so long to get here I don’t know but with the recent release of Hero, and the upcoming House of Flying Daggers, maybe the time is right for something other than horror and heroic fantasy to arrive from Asia. As far as I know this is the first out and out comedy to come from the major Asian film making countries ...
...doesn’t travel overseas. Shaolin Soccer is a blend of comedy, martial arts and the standard underdog rooting sports film (i.e. Dodgeball and Major League among many others). It stirs together these genres and makes a magical mix, producing a superb take on how the modern generation views gentle martial arts and how to interest them in the arts rather than the martial side. The story follows Sing, known as Shaolin Steel Mighty Leg, a young man who ...

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...up the other of his shaolin brothers and forms a team to enter a prestigious tournament with a prize of $1 million. There they come up against numerous weird and wacky teams, including the mysterious "Team Moustache" They beat all opponents and start to live the life of famous football players. But they face their biggest challenge yet in the final, the nefarious "Team Evil", a steroid induced team led by Hung (Yin Tse), the man who told Golden ...
...featurette • Guide to the Shaolin moves! This film is quintessential Chow from start to finish. If you have watched any of his other films(Kung Fu Hustle, King of Beggars etc.) then you will know what to expect and you should definitely enjoy this film. If you have not yet seen any of his films then I would suggest watching Kung Fu Hustle as this will ease you more gently into the twisted martial arts comedy world of Stephen Chow. This is ...

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...They used to be unbeatable Shaolin masters, but when their teacher died and they went their separate ways, they lost the will to pursue their art and let modern society get the better of them. Sing's life changes forever when he meets Golden Leg (Man Tat Ng), a former soccer champ who lost his winning streak along with his magic striking leg when he threw a match many years ago. Golden Leg realises this intense young man's potential when he sees ...
...Each brother is given a Shaolin name that resonates with classic Hong Kong storytelling; Iron Head, Hooking Leg, Iron Shirt, Weight Vest, Mighty Leg etc… and their powers all stem from their individual talents. This is basically an excuse to display ludicrous, cheeky martial arts manoeuvres that blend surprisingly well into the game of football. It also throws some astonishingly good special effects for such a low budget film. Players defy gravity, ...

AlexShaw 07.03.2006 (20.03.2006) · Read full review
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...evil" faces off against The shaolin team. The evil team is on drugs, and have attained super human powers because of that. It is because of this, the goal keeper of shaolin team gets brutally injured and is replaced by one of the other players. Iron shirt the now goal keeper also gets injured and the team falls short of one player. It is at this time that Mui shows up and takes the place of goal keeper. In the final attack, Team Evil's striker leaps ...
...feild into half. Thus the Shaolin team wins the tournament. Hung gets stripped of title and is banned for the use of drugs. Well, according to me, the movies is worth the amount and is damn funny and hilarious. You can watch it not just once, but again and again and not even get bored. ...

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...films for a while, and shaolin soccer has me hooked even more so, i've even taen up kung fu because of it, this is how motivating the film is, and with thespecial guest appearance of the twins you can't ask for a film better without it being shaolin soccer 2 the opening scene 'golden leg' has his leg broken after missing a penalty he was talked into by supposedly his best pal, it then switcheds into his pal talking about his caeer since stephen ...
...the locker room where he as an outright argument with stephen chow and sacks him, stephen chow becomes a down and out until he meets this guy who was ashaolin mnk and still practices the arts trying to find ways of getting people to learn kung fu, in there everyday lives, stephen chow is the guy who plays golden leg in the film (sorry can't remember characters name) i'll add some more detail later :) ...

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