Where to Watch Shaolin Soccer
- cultfilmliker30 marca 2026Iron Head is one of the greatest characters and greatest actors! Magnificent. The war scene is top tier Hate to admit it but this is my first time not seeing the bastardized American cut. Kinda wanna give it a rewatch to see how it stacks up tho! I’m ngl I think it contains quite a few more jokes, as dumb as they are Featured in Slapstick Fantastic Featured in The Non-English Niche
- Richard19 października 2025I didn’t know what I was in for, just that it was called Shaolin Soccer and that alone sounded like a dare. What I got was pure Chow: slapstick, sincerity and CGI chaos wrapped in a story about brotherhood, redemption and kicking a football so hard it bends reality. Stephen Chow plays Sing, a Shaolin monk with a dream of spreading kung fu through soccer. He reunites his old brothers, each with a ridiculous skill set and they form a team to take on the corrupt, steroid fueled Team Evil. The result? A sports movie that feels like Dragon Ball Z met The Mighty Ducks in a fever dream. This was my gateway to Chow’s world, where absurdity meets heart and every punchline lands with a kung fu flourish. The effects are gloriously over the top, the characters are cartoonish in the best way and the emotional beats sneak up on you between flying kicks and exploding goalposts. Watching it felt like discovering a new genre: nonsense comedy with soul. And once I saw it, I had to hunt down everything else he made. Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7, The Mermaid, all roads lead back to this one. Shaolin Soccer is where Stephen Chow kicked open the door to my comedy brain. I laughed, I cheered and I never looked at football the same way again.
- Cineit.blog12 października 2025Look, everyone told me Shaolin Soccer was a comedy masterpiece. I'm here to tell you it's... not. At least not for me. Maybe it's my lifelong hatred of soccer, or maybe Stephen Chow's "nonsense comedy" is just a little too nonsensical, but this movie felt incredibly childish and, honestly, pretty f***ing stupid. I get that the CGI was a big deal at the time, and the ending has a nice little message about tradition beating corruption. But man, sitting through the rest of it was a real drag. If you're not a fan of the sport, you might want to sit this one out.
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Shaolin Soccer was released on 5 lipca 2001.
Shaolin Soccer was directed by Stephen Chow.
Shaolin Soccer has a runtime of 1 h 53 min.
Shaolin Soccer was produced by Yeung Kwok-Fai.
Największą życiową pasją Singa (Stephen Chow) jest kung-fu. Pewnego dnia na swojej drodze mężczyzna spotyka byłego piłkarza (Man-Tat Ng), który z powodu poważnej kontuzji musiał zrezygnować z kariery. Po wielu wspólnych przygodach mężczyźni postanawiają założyć drużynę futbolową. Ma do niej wejść szóstka wychowanków słynnego klasztoru Shaolin. Celem Singa i jego przyjaciela jest wygranie wysokiej nagrody w prestiżowym turnieju piłkarskim. Po długich i męczących treningach drużyna staje do walki. Czy uda im się pokonać przeciwników?
The key characters in Shaolin Soccer are Mighty Steel Leg / Sing (Stephen Chow), Fung (Ng Man-Tat), Mui (Vicky Zhao Wei).
Shaolin Soccer is rated PG.
Shaolin Soccer is an Action, Komedia, Fantasy film.
Shaolin Soccer has an audience rating of 8.4 out of 10.
Shaolin Soccer had a budget of 10 mln USD.
Shaolin Soccer has made 42,8 mln USD at the box office.