About The Film’s Success:
This film was the undisputed box-office champ this summer in Hong Kong, bringing in more than $7.5 Million (that’s more than 5 times what Rush Hour 2 grossed in Hong Kong!), and is considered Stephen Chow’s best chance yet at serious crossover appeal to mainstream American audiences.
The film features jaw-dropping digital effects by brilliant HK workshop Centro Digital Pictures (you’ll remember their inspired effects work from such Andrew Lau films as “The Storm Riders”, “Legend Of Speed”, “Man Called Hero”, and more), and guarantees a great time for everyone.
A Brief Synopsis:
Shaolin Kung Fu proselytizer Stephen Chow unites with a soccer coach wannabe to assemble the ultimate underdog soccer team (think “Seven Samurai” meets “The Matrix” meets “The Waterboy”). Combining conventional sportsmanship with ancient martial arts, they will show their soccer rivals (“The Evil Team”) that they’re not to be trifled with.
About The DVD:
The Shaolin Soccer DVD is presented in Anamorphic Widescreen format, with DD5.1 AND DTS audio tracks. The disc is packed with special features, including an extended version of the film never before seen, a 20-minute documentary, and plenty of behind the scenes footage of the special effects wizards and actors doing their thing.
Stephen Chiao learnt kungfu from my master’s brother in Hong Kong since 1985, he is a good Wingchun and Shaolin style fighter…in Shaolin Temple master also watched Shaolin Soccer with us and all of us likes this movie star very much, hehehe…I have watched this movie for 15 times, and lots of us can recite his famous words in the movie…like" Soccer, is not played by this way deeeeee…"
I bought 3 copies of this movie on Video CD, in China it’s only USD2 for a movie CD
cant get the game to run,seems to be some dll issue, plus all instructions are in contonese Doh ! Managed to get some of the wav files to play which are amusing,
Went to see Spy Kids 2 last night and caught the trailer for film called Shaolin Soccer. It looked great for the kids and I’ll see it with my sons but if you wonder why people laugh at CMA just think about those two words. Review
I hope it’s a great movie because from the trailer it looked like a lot of fun and the boys were jazzed about seeing it.
It’s a masterpiece…too bad Miramax screwed it up and heavily edited it…too heavily for my integrists tastes anyway…
Still, go see it, have a blast, and then buy it in DVD and watch it again, again, again
i love the first ‘match’ they have against all those old guys
Oh - on the VCD make sure u get a subtitled one… i got the full mandarin version no subs so didn’t have a clue what was going on
