Shaolin Soccer

“it falls short when it comes to making you laugh.”

alejandro970about 0–100% inread it ↗

“This movie is crazy and really fun, but you need to appreciate its special ambiance, mixing kung fu movies and dance and mangas. Really fun”

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“Years removed from his heyday, a disgraced former soccer star recruits a squad of mystical kung fu masters to bend the rules and dominate the game in his stead. Or, perhaps, it's the masters who have recruited him to lend their dispirited old crew a unified sense of direction. Either way, the fruits of their partnership are awfully juicy. Starring Stephen Chow, whose zany, effects-reliant fighting style would later make Kung Fu Hustle such an unexpected delight, Shaolin Soccer is a film that in”

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“Perhaps the best film that combines sport with comedy. Had it come out today, it would have rocked.”

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“It's funny, especially across the first half.”

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“the film overstays its welcome slightly, it does feel drawn out by the time that final match concludes.”

r96skabout 75–100% inread it ↗

“A quarter of a century on and this is still a highlight There was a slew of these movies in the late 90s and early noughts. Some of them have aged poorly but this one still holds up. Yes, it is silly, and yes, it is over the top, but that's sort of the point, and the charm. It is well acted, the effects have aged well, the visual and sound design is on point for what it is, and it is just an all-round good time.”

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