A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 19 nominations
Yat-Fei Wong
- Iron Head (First Brother)
- (as Wong Kai Yue)
Man-Tat Ng
- Golden Leg Fung
- (as Ng Mang Tat, Mang Tat Ng)
Yin Tse
- Team Evil Coach Hung
- (as Patrick Tse Yin)
Tze-Chung Lam
- Light Weight (Small Brother)
- (as Lam Tze Chung)
Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan
- Lightning Hands (Fourth Brother)
- (as Chan Kwon Kwan)
Meilin Mo
- Hooking Leg (Second Brother)
- (as Mei-Lin Mo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStephen Chow dubbed his own voice for the American release.
- GoofsBall spin direction mismatch. In the final match, the goalie spins the ball at the tip of finger, using one hand using and then transfers the ball to other hand but spins it in the opposite direction.
- Crazy creditsOuttakes are shown before the credits.
- Alternate versionsThe U.S. version removes several scenes, including:
- the early concert performance
- the scene where Mui gets her new look
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #29.5 (2003)
- SoundtracksKung-fu Fighting
Written by Carl Douglas
Performed by Bus Stop, featuring Carl Douglas
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Great entertainment
Stephen Chow writes, directs and stars in probably his funniest and most accessible (to Western audiences, at least) film to date.
Sing (Chow) is trying to find a way to encourage his countrymen to re-embrace their Shaolin kung fu heritage. When he meets down-at-heel ex-soccer coach Fung (Ng), the pair hatch a plan to form a soccer team with Sing's Shaolin brothers. Unfortunately, these guys have lost their kung fu skills. Sing resolves to help his brothers regain their dignity, then lead them into a championship showdown with the seemingly unstoppable Evil Team. He also finds time to fall in love with Tai-Chi baker Mui (the usually lovely Vicki Zhao), who gets some of the funniest scenes in the movie.
As a non-Chinese speaker, my experience with Chow's previous films is patchy, his wordplay humour rarely making a decent transition to subtitles. The comedy here though is mostly physical, possibly even deliberately geared more towards a Western market. The plot - however clichéd - is a pleasing tale of underdogs made good, and the movie has a definite feelgood feel and uplifting ending. Even the CG is impressive and well used. It's the most entertaining movie I've seen in ages.
I was watching the Universe DVD. Subs are decent enough, without too many typos, and the 'making of' and other extras have English subs also.
Sing (Chow) is trying to find a way to encourage his countrymen to re-embrace their Shaolin kung fu heritage. When he meets down-at-heel ex-soccer coach Fung (Ng), the pair hatch a plan to form a soccer team with Sing's Shaolin brothers. Unfortunately, these guys have lost their kung fu skills. Sing resolves to help his brothers regain their dignity, then lead them into a championship showdown with the seemingly unstoppable Evil Team. He also finds time to fall in love with Tai-Chi baker Mui (the usually lovely Vicki Zhao), who gets some of the funniest scenes in the movie.
As a non-Chinese speaker, my experience with Chow's previous films is patchy, his wordplay humour rarely making a decent transition to subtitles. The comedy here though is mostly physical, possibly even deliberately geared more towards a Western market. The plot - however clichéd - is a pleasing tale of underdogs made good, and the movie has a definite feelgood feel and uplifting ending. Even the CG is impressive and well used. It's the most entertaining movie I've seen in ages.
I was watching the Universe DVD. Subs are decent enough, without too many typos, and the 'making of' and other extras have English subs also.
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- Mike Astill
- Jan 5, 2004
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $489,600
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,167
- Apr 4, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $42,776,760
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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