Get ready to kick some grass.
Sing (Stephen Chow), a street cleaner with high hopes for Shaolin kung-fu, he sees everyday applications for the martial arts and is keen to bring them to the world. Finding the right means to promote his beloved kung-fu, however, is no easy task. when singing and dancing proves a fruitless pitch, sing strikes gold with the help of former football ace and aspiring coach "Golden Leg" Fung (Man Tat Ng).
Crippled in an on-field assault decades earlier, Fung's now living on the streets after years serving former team mate Hung (Yin Tse) since a match-fixing incident. Having found out Hung's involvement in breaking his famous leg, Hung's ready to set up a team to take on his rival's evil team. Sing picks up on the Shaolin promotion value in premier league football, and his martial arts skills and powerhouse kicks are a great start for a team.
Soon Sing rounds up his Shaolin ace mates to bring up the numbers. With a football team boasting the physical prowess of the empty hand, iron shirt, hooking leg and weight vest skills, and a healthy greed for winning, the gang go head-to-head with Hung's evil team in the championship arena.
Special Agent Matti
Shaolin soccer is more about special effects and promoting kung-fu careers than it is about the magic of The World Game™. For soccer, watch SBS instead. For kung-fu, watch Crouching tiger, hidden dragon instead.
PG (Low level violence, drug use)
87 minutes (1:27 hours)
Film: 29 July 2004
DVD retail: 10 November 2004
VHS retail: 10 November 2004
DVD retail: 16 March 2005
