Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Prismark10 A famous footballer, Golden Leg misses a spot kick in a crucial football match and a fan breaks his leg.Now crippled and humiliated by the man who told him to throw the match. He comes across a Shaolin martial artist who applies his kung fu skills to to soccer. Soon the Shaolin follower rounds up his old friends with various skills that are now dormant and set a soccer team to take part in prestigious tournament.Under the watchful eye of Golden Leg, their crippled coach, the team could take revenge on the man who ruined his career.This is a wacky, uneven Hong Kong kung fu comedy with some balls. I thought it was pretty awful. Each time it looked like the movie may get better it lapsed into silliness.

runamokprods While this shares some of the wonderful sense of the surreal and absurd that made Chow's 2008 "Kung Fu Hustle" a true classic comedy spoof of marshal arts films, it's nowhere near as consistent or as inventive in it's comedy. There are some real laughs, but also some serious dead spots and too-easy jokes in this tale of a bunch of once Shaolin trained Kung Fu masters giving up their hum-drum and largely unsuccessful work-a-day lives to team up and become the mightiest soccer playing force the world has ever seen. Or are they? Team Evil is waiting to take them on in the $1 million soccer tournament. Good-hearted and original enough to be worth seeing once, but unlike it's even wilder and smarter descendant I can't imagine feeling a need to go back and see it again, or to own it. If that later film is like a Hong Kong action Monty Python film, this one is more Three Stooges.

CinemaClown Martial arts in cinema often have this tendency to go way over-the-top in its depiction and it pretty much ruins the whole picture for me, especially if this exaggerated action is present in movies that take their drama seriously.It is no secret that I prefer films that display martial arts in a highly realistic & grounded fashion. In short, movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are a big no for me while I'm game for action extravaganzas like The Raid.Even in comedies, this stylised illustration of martial arts doesn't work all the time since majority of them are busy spoofing kung fu instead of weaving a funny tale around it. And that's exactly what separates Shaolin Soccer from the norm.Shaolin Soccer does blow its martial arts aspect out of proportion but it retains the very essence of it. Despite the film's batshit crazy premise and absurd slapstick wit, the film brims with so much heart & warmth that it remains a joyful experience from start to finish.The story of Shaolin Soccer follows a former Shaolin monk who wants to bring kung fu to the masses but has been unable to find a way that works. However, after meeting with an ex-soccer star, he decides to promote kung fu through soccer and gets back in touch with all his brothers to form a superhuman team.Co-written & directed by Stephen Chow, the film is hilarious as hell from beginning to end and qualifies more as a comedy than spoof. Also, thanks to Chow's skillful writing, it packs in a genuinely heartfelt story beneath its utterly ridiculous premise, and even its characters are worthy of emotional investment. Well, at least a couple of them.Visual effects play a key role in realising its most unbelievable moments on screen and while the CGI looks a bit cartoonish, it still adds to the film's overall craziness. Additional momentum is provided by its splendid camera-work, swift pacing & thrilling score, and the maniacal contribution from its entire cast further strengthens its position.On an overall scale, Shaolin Soccer is an absolute bonkers of a movie that promises its viewers an overdose of laughter and effortlessly provides it. A rollicking ride that benefits from its kinetic direction, ebullient screenplay, lively camera-work, stimulating score & outlandish performances, this sports comedy works because its heart is at the right place.

SolNigerWithin333 If you are a fan of Asian cinema watch Shoalin Soccer, if you are looking for a downright funny film watch Shoalin Soccer, if you laughed till you cried watching Kung-Fu Hustle prepare to do so again.Do not however watch Shoalin Soccer if you are looking for a serious romance or for the "SOCCER" you will be somewhat disappointed. I say somewhat because among all the slapstick humour and jokes the movie has quite a moving story and the characters are developed quite well, at least the main ones are. The movie flows really well from the beginning it never becomes dull or tedious and the jokes and gags are timed perfectly courtesy of Steven Chow who is a fantastic director; shame the types of movies he works with aren't really appreciated and Hollywood has made sure of that. Besides that go see the movie if you want 2 hours of pure entertainment from a fantastic movie.In terms of a comedy movie i give this a 9/10. But in all seriousness this movie gets a 7.5/10 from me.