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Shaolin Soccer Review

Before you watch this movie, here are two things you'll need:

1) A Sense of humor. We know the cliché, "Everybody's a comedian", but if you're someone who doesn't feel like humor surrounds you every where you go every day, you most like don't have the sense of humor required to appreciate the humor of this flick.

B) The ability to read. DO NOT watch the U.S. version. It really doesn't do the movie justice. The translation of the subtitles aren't great, but it is a waaay better movie.

Got those two checked? Then enjoy the movie with a loved one or a kidnapping victim (for you serial killers out there).

Shaolin Soccer Overview

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!

Shaolin Soccer Specifications

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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Labels: Shaolin, Soccer