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Originally posted by Kamog:
Has anybody seen Shaolin Soccer? I have no idea what it's about; I just saw the poster of the two kung-fu type people kicking a soccer ball. Is this movie any good?

Shaolin Soccer was *the* Hong Kong blockbuster of 2001. This is another Stephen Chow vehicle, and for those who don't know him, this means silly slapstick comedy.

The story is about a group of Shaolin disciples who find that their martial arts abillities are useless in the modern world. Then however, they get the idea of setting up a soccer team and use their martial arts abilities to kick everyone's ***.

So Stephen Chow uses his Iron Leg kungfu to kick the ball to stratospheric heights at ballistic missile speeds, the goalkeeper uses 'magic fingers" kungfu to cover the entire goal area simultaneously, the fatty with flying kungfu sails over the entire football pitch etc.

Some people hate Stephen Chow's stuff, some people love them. I happen to have a weakness for them myself, but I admit that this is probably around the lowest forms of entertainment there is. Also, unless you speak Cantonese, many of the gags will probably go right by your head.