| Shaolin Soccer | 
 enlarge | List Price: $14.99 (€11.84)
Buy New: $2.95 (€2.33)
You Save: $12.04 (€9.51) (80%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $2.95 (€2.33)
Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 129 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8512
Category: DVD
Actors: Cecilia Cheung, Lam Tze Chung, Pu Ye Dong, Li Bin Hong, Cao Hua
Publisher: Miramax
Studio: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Label: Miramax
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Cantonese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Published)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 89 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29158D
UPC: 786936208412
EAN: 0786936208412
ASIN: B000286RNY
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Description
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!
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
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 124 more reviews...
 Get a crowd over and prepare to laugh October 20, 2008
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
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
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
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
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.
|
|
|
