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Siu Lam Juk Kau (2001)

Action | 113 minutes / 87 minutes (Engelstalige versie)
3,07 633 votes

Genre: Action / Comedy

Duration: 113 minuten / 87 minuten (Engelstalige versie)

Alternative titles: Shaolin Soccer / Kung Fu Soccer / 少林足球

Country: Hong-Kong / China

Directed by: Stephen Chow

Stars: Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng and Wei Zhao

IMDb score: 7,3 (95.711)

Releasedate: 5 July 2001

Siu Lam Juk Kau plot

"Get ready to kick some grass!"

A downtrodden soccer coach assembles a new squad of former Shaolin monks who use their unique fighting styles in soccer. The team captain is Shaolin master Sing (Stephen Chow) who uses his 'Steel Leg Technique' to kick the ball into the goal at light speed. Their goal is to win the national tournament with a million dollars as the top prize. But as they get closer to the top prize, a corrupt soccer boss devises a dirty plan to thwart the Shaolin team.

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james_cameron

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revised. Wonderfully silly situations in this charming mix of kung fu and football, passionately created and performed by director and lead actor Stephen Chow. The film sporadically goes over the top and at times one loses direction completely, but it all remains surprisingly entertaining and above all funny. After all, the fun and inventive visual approach provides that little bit extra.

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Onderhond

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Revise again.

It was a while ago, in the meantime it is striking that this film is visually on the scanty side. And I'm not even talking about the effects. They are mediocre, but functional and very funny. But other than that, it's really not much. It looks bare and often ugly.

Be careful not to get your hands on the American version, they screw it up further by adding some stupid CG (a naked ass is hidden behind CG pants and such) and messing around with the soundtrack (Kung Fu Fighting :') ) , not to mention the half hour of material that was cut out.

But Shaolin Soccer is a Chow comedy and Chow really is at its best here. An arsenal of fun nonsense and increasingly weird football/martial arts crossover moments. That whole finale is pretty much the best thing Chow ever did I think.

So it remains very nice, but as a film there is something faltering. Luckily it's a comedy, they get away with it when they're really funny. And that's this Shaolin Soccer.

4.0* and a extended review

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BBarbie

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Bland, fainter, faintest. This attempt to squeeze kung fu and football into one film misses the mark on several fronts. The jokes don't come through, the special effects are clumsy and the acting is very mediocre. What a decent actress like Wei Zhao can do in this collection is beyond me. Waste of her time and so is mine.

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