Shaolin Soccer
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Actor: Cao Hua, Cecilia Cheung, Lam Tze Chung, Li Bin Hong, Pu Ye DongPrimary Contributor: Zhao, Vicki
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Cantonese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Published), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Miramax
DVD Reviews of Shaolin Soccer
DVD Review: Shaolin Soccer
Summary: 5 Stars
As a fan of Stephen Chow, this movie doesn't disappoint. It has all the action, comedy, and crazy plot which he is famous for. I think it is one of his better films.DVD Review: One Of The Dumbest - And Funniest - Movies Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This has to be one of the goofiest, dumbest, strangest - and funniest - films ever made! It made sound like a clich?, but you truly have to see this movie to believe it. It's that outrageous, far-out: a slapstick film containing martial arts, supernatural power and the sport of soccer.
We get the usual misfits-make good story, which is nothing new, but how it happens in unlike anything I've ever seen. I can't recall how many times I literally laughed out loud watching these ludicrous scenes. The climactic soccer game at the end got carried away, of course, but it was still fun to watch.
Earlier in the story, the bizarre dialog, odd encounters with different characters and the humor is stupid many times.....but so stupid, it's comical! I just shook my head in amazement at what I was seeing and hearing. Be prepared, as I said, for some incredible dumb things, but also for much weird but definitely entertaining stuff.
Note: I watched the short "English theatrical version" which runs 89 minutes. You can also view the 112-minute Chinese version. From what I've heard, read, and witnessed, the 89-minute is sufficient. Any more of this insanity would be too much.
DVD Review: A perfect team!
Summary: 5 Stars
The unlikely, yet perfect combination for comedy & sport: Soccer + Kung Fu! Who knew? Although I think Chow's Kung Fu Hustle is a better film overall, I give Shaolin Soccer a 5/5 because I love soccer and I love martial arts. If you like either soccer or kung fu and are better yet both, you can't go wrong with this movie, it is entertaining from start to finish.DVD Review: Another funny Stephen Chow movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I compare this movie to "Kung-Fu Hustle". It is done in the same style with similar results. This movie fuses kung-fu with comedy and is definitely a welcome addition to my collection. However, it is not as funny, the action is not as good, and the story is not as compelling as "Kung-Fu Hustle". A slightly better-than-average movie.DVD Review: Too Funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I first heard about this movie years ago from my younger brother. A friend of his had a bootleg of it that had been fansubbed. My brother raved that it was hilarious. I wasnt too keen on it at first since I'm not a big soccer fan but when he brought it over I was hooked. It's just brilliant. The effects are just so over the top and ridiculous that you just cant help but laugh, and they're done that way on purpose. My favorite scenes are when Mighty Steel Leg and Iron Head sing in the club, I was laughing so hard I had to step out to catch my breath, and the first game they play, against the local gang of ruffians and Steel Leg is on his back and it turns into a war movie scene, that was classic. I definetly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a laugh and enjoy some great martial art effects. Plus how can you not love a movie in which the bad guys are literally called Team Evil. I mean come on that's just cheekiness at it's best. Do yourself a favor and buy this along with Kung Fu Hustle. I did!
Description of Shaolin Soccer
With tons of action, eye-popping special effects, and nonstop laughs, here's a hilarious martial arts comedy about a team of misfits who take their best shot at winning a championship! Sing is a skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee whose amazing "leg of steel" catches the eye of a soccer coach! Together they assemble a squad of Sing's former Shaolin brothers inspired by the big-money prize in a national soccer competition! Using an unlikely mix of martial arts and newfound soccer skills, it seems an unbeatable combination ... until they must face the dreaded Team Evil in the ultimate battle for the title!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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