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: Miramax
: Action, Comedies, Foreign, Hong Kong, Sports Comedy, Martial Arts, Wuxia, Sports, Sports Comedy
: 89 min.
: English, French, Cantonese
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One of Hong Kong's top screen comics, Stephen Chow, co-wrote, co-directed, and headlines this three-way blend of sports, action, and humor. Sing (Stephen Chow) is a modern-day Shaolin monk who has become a master of traditional fighting skills, and is renowned for his "leg of steel." However, these days there isn't much call for a Shaolin warrior, and Sing and his fellow monks earn their keep working menial jobs until a soccer coach gets the bright idea of translating Sing's talent for kicking to the soccer field. Sing becomes the lynchpin of a team playing in a tournament that could net them a $1 million purse, but even with Sing's footwork, beating the steroid-fueled champions will be no easy task. Shaolin Soccer also features Man Tat Ng and Vicki Zhao. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Huge mindless fun
by beatgeek
March 15, 2005 - 5:06 AM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Charmingly, utterly demented film that would have been great enough as a live-action cartoon, but has a hidden surprise consisting of a genuinely touching love story interwoven into the plot. The words "sweet" and "heart-warming" come to mind, along with the aforementioned "demented". Worth watching for any kung-fu movie fan who's willing not to take things seriously for an hour and a half. |
| The Absent-Minded Professor Goes to China
by dnhoshor
September 15, 2004 - 5:22 AM PDT
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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I really liked this movie! If you've seen the Flubber aided basketball sequence from "The Absent-Minded Professor", imagine a similar treatment of soccer by Kung-Fu stoked players. It's a good-natured comedy.
The Miramax DVD contains both the US dubbed version, and a longer Chinese version with subtitles. I watched both, and both have their strengths. I liked the expanded, glamor-girl treatment of Mui in the Chinese version. I also liked it that both versions provided translations of Chinese signs when those signs are necessary to advance the story. The U.S. version goes so far as to actually replace Chinese signs with English versions.
Shaolin Soccer is definitely worth renting. |
| The Daily Uses of Kung-Fu
by talltale
August 31, 2004 - 6:38 AM PDT
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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I watched the original Chinese version of SHAOLIN SOCCER rather than the Miramax-edited movie released in US theatres, so I can't say which is better. The original may not rank as the be-all/end-all that certain critics claim, but it is good fun and manages to wring some tender feeling out of the hero's relationship with a disfigured bun-shop girl. The most delightful parts of the film are short and sweet and have to do with Shaolin kung-fu becoming surprisingly useful and helpful in everyday life. These scenes--at the beginning and end--should have you grinning ear-to-ear. Otherwise, this is an OK, special-effects-heavy piece of "good triumphs over evil": not a terribly original idea--but one that still works.
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