Shaolin Soccer

As goofy action comedies go, Shaolin Soccer is one of the best.

An infectious knockabout kung fu comedy with amusing special effects combined with breathtaking stunts.

Delightful blend of comedy, kung fu, soccer and special effects.

Comedy-action lunacy of a truly high, and endlessly bizarre, order.

The one thing that keeps this movie from being an instant classic is its tendency towards childishly goofy humor. I guess it all depends on how you like your funny.

If you're looking for substance in a Hong Kong movie, stick with Wong Kar-wai ("In the Mood for Love"). But if brainless, predictable fun will do, check out Shaolin Soccer.

So unabashed in its cheesiness that it could be spread on crackers; it may spike your cholesterol levels

Totally crazy. 'Shaolin Soccer' is one of those films that creates its own rules to allow itself to exist. It dives into the irrational and the dumbness as it shows absolutely no complex at all. It tries to make very risky jokes, to give birth to characters never seen before and to erect its plot as the center of a zany, absurd and overly parodic universe. And my goodness, who would have thought that some of the jokes would make me laugh so hard that I had to pause the movie to catch my breath? If the lighting, the colors and the environments could have been way more worked, the general atmosphere and the conviction of the characters make it a impressive film without any doubt. CGI is not that bad despite the time seprating us from 2003. Clearly a movie that will make you live an unforgettable night with your friends! You don't even have to enjoy soccer in order to realize that 'Shaolin Soccer' is a misunderstood piece of work. You simply can't remain untouched by the final result, the turn of events or the surprising inequality of the acting performances.

Sorry, translation Italian - English mechanical Six bros soccer pros. A "freestyle soccer" delightful and contagious. Gray, ashy, dull, dull, leaden. These are just some of the colors that cover the human soul corrupt and insatiable of glory, power and deification pfui! :-||/. The director-star "leg of steel" Stephen Chow / is so present to the general public "Golden Leg Fung" Ng Man-Tat / young idol of the country, "the bug". Unlike the "Bombyx" that extrudes the proteins to give body to a wonderful cocoon, our Golden Leg seritteri soul secrete the invisible threads of dishonesty that profoundly alter the deeper meaning of a sport, and beautiful group, which by its nature is classified as "game". He is there, in front of the goalkeeper. Eleven meters separate it from a consecration that everyone is waiting, all they want. With the raised arm salutes the cheering crowd. It 'a riot, a waving of flags and banners that move with hopeful confidence. But the path is well traced in the heart and mind of the designer from the belly forward. The idol of thousands of children are to autograph his last penalty kick. We read that the Galilean law of falling bodies is true only in the empty stadium, unfortunately, "Golden Leg" at the moment it is not. The crowd is angry, the consequences are disastrous. So begins this fantastic, brilliant, extraordinary, wonderful love story. Yes Just so I understand. ... Love and all that. Smack! ;-) / A real team, take care of everything, is formed by a group. This group reach their goals if its members are highly motivated. Needless to say, that motivation alone is not enough. The objectives in addition to being very clear to all you have to internalize them, make their own. Thus become a vital center for the existence of the same group. And then ... and then we need a leader, emotionally mature Fiiihiu! :-D / who should be able to hold together the components of the team ensuring in particular the relational aspect. Squash! /:-D Who is our leader? What is your dream? The leader is Sing Stephen Chow / "leg of steel". The dream is firmly convinced that the spirit of Shaolin can be applied in all fields of knowledge and know-how of man. Sing, is the fifth of six children he has not seen for some time, they also experts in Shaolin Kung Fu. The best thing to do, think, is contact them. Show them the validity of his theories, it also means to reunite a family in temporary migration, which has retained the spirit of ancient traditions. Start looking for them. I try to introduce other "five bros soccer pros" ^ _ ^ â

Years removed from his heyday, a disgraced former soccer star recruits a squad of mystical kung fu masters to bend the rules and dominate the game in his stead. Or, perhaps, it's the masters who have recruited him to lend their dispirited old crew a unified sense of direction. Either way, the fruits of their partnership are awfully juicy. Starring Stephen Chow, whose zany, effects-reliant fighting style would later make Kung Fu Hustle such an unexpected delight, Shaolin Soccer is a film that insists you flip the switch in your brain for a while and just enjoy the inanity of the moment. The action scenes make no effort to hide the wires or mask the CG, which looks silly but also erases any concern about anchoring them to reality. Freed from those constraints, the sky's the limit for this creative production. It takes every opportunity to one-up previous shots with a flair for the eccentric, culminating in a recklessly destructive, cartoon-violent final match against an equally powerful outfit of genetically engineered soccer stars. Whenever it tries to go straight and actually focus on the storytelling, Shaolin Soccer is a total disaster. Every stereotype about a hurried, inept overseas production rolled into one. Fortunately, we don't wait long between slices of the real sizzle - those absurdly silly effect shots - and the film's wacky, genuine sense of humor helps to balance out the rest. Stupid, stupid fun.

Give me any other football film. This is one of the worst cinematic representations of football I've seen and the fact it is called Shaolin 'Soccer' to make the Hollywood market happy makes me very,very annoyed. CASH-IN.

This film is very funny