Shaolin Soccer | 
| Actors: Cecilia Cheung, Lam Tze Chung, Pu Ye Dong, Li Bin Hong, Cao Hua
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 6203
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Cantonese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Published)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29158D
UPC: 786936208412
EAN: 0786936208412
ASIN: B000286RNY
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A hilarious action-packed comedy about a handful of misfits who form a soccer team & use their extraordinary kung fu skills to beat their arch rivals. With amazing stunts & special effects it is fun for soccer & martial arts fans of all ages. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/06/2005 Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 124 more reviews...
 Get a crowd over and prepare to laugh October 20, 2008
Vivian Best (Long Island)
You have to see it to believe, its campy, silly, fun and fall off the chair hilarious... get the crowd over !!
Finally! A truly "great" kung fu genre spoof! October 20, 2008
Michael Gmirkin (Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
From the beginning of the movie, I was laughing my hindquarters off... Granted there were some awkward moments and some slow moments. But overall, the movie made me laugh (pretty hard in a few places).
I really didn't care for Kung Fu Hustle and thought The White Dragon, Kung Phooey! and Where Is Mama's Boy were all rather sophomoric attempts at spoofs. I did laugh pretty hard at Kung Pow - Enter The Fist, but I still think that Shaolin Soccer is the better "movie." It actually felt like fully-fledged movie rather than a strung out set of slapstick and sight gags.
It was definitely reminiscent of Balls of Fury in tone and plot, however. But, again, I think it came off much better.
I'd actually recommend this movie for fans of the kung fu genre who are looking for a light-hearted spoof that still somewhat bottles a little bit of the kung fu genre's spirit.
 Loved it September 30, 2008
Chandler Slaton (mn)
Loved this movie the first time I saw it. I let a friend borrow it and they never gave it back. The great thing about this new version is that it is dubbed. Even though the subtitled version is a little different it does make for easier viewing. The subtitled version is available on this disc too.
Great movie. Funny, quirky, not the norm.
Funny Foriegn film July 24, 2008
O'Donovan
Saw part of this on TV, and wanted to watch the other half. The special FX are corny as all get out, but that makes it funnier. It's a typical HEA storyline, but a good one worth watching at least once or twice.
Whacked out crazy fun June 2, 2008
Michael LaRocca (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
I was living in China when this hit the theatres, and wow was it popular. Now I know why. We start with some absurd Chinese slapstick and move into an excellent shows of special effects, stunts, and martial artistry. This is fun, thrilling, funny, crazy as all get-out, and just damn good. I'll be watching it again.
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