Shaolin Soccer (Siu lam juk kau) (2001)

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 8 9:41

I reluctantly watched this film with my brother, expecting it to be a vain attempt at a Kung Fu comedy. How wrong I was... The storyline opens with a young man (Sing) who is determined to bring the importance of Kung Fu to the public’s attention, with every novel idea, including dance routines and songs, he fails. Sing involves himself in a fight, where he single handedly quashes a gang who offend his Shaolin master. Fung a retired and lucked out star football player, watches his impressive victory and offers to train Sing, using his devastating kick, to become the world’s number one football striker. Realising that this might be the perfect opportunity to show the practicality of Kung Fu he readily accepts the offer. The duo then attempt to round up Sing’s old Kung Fu p...Read more

Rating : 9/10