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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★½ 3

  In one scene the ball gets kicked so hard that it catches on fire and then turns into a roaring tiger made of flames. What I'm saying is that this is better than every other sports movie ever.

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  Review by IHE 22

  Football is coming home!

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  Review by CinemaJoe ★★★★½ 12

  I feel bad for anyone else who tries to make a movie about soccer. They’ll always be second place to this.

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  Review by Sean Gilman ★★★★½ 1

  Feels like there's something missing with the Zhao Wei storyline, an explanation for why Chow is so mean to her. Compare the lovely romance in Kung Fu Hustle or the nuanced rejection of romance in Conquering the Demons. Chow's cruelty toward her comes out of nowhere, and is left unresolved, but for a vague slogan on a billboard.

  The film is at its best exploring the underbelly of capitalism, the followers of an ancient tradition pushed outside the margin of society. A century earlier, the itinerant master in Once Upon a Time in China turned to evil as the only viable way to practice his skills, while these guys simply lose their abilities, their faith, under the crushing weight of…

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  Review by Joel Haver ★★★★½ 1

  This contains several of the best jokes I’ve ever seen executed in filmmaking. I can’t think of any other filmmaker who knows how to have as much fun as Stephen Chow.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★★ 44

  BIRTHDAY BASH - 30TH ANNIVERSARY

  Let me tell you about the time I threatened several strangers in a mall to help me pay for a ticket to see this movie or I would throw myself off the third floor....

  It must have been 2002 or 2003. YouTube did not yet exist. The only internet available to me was dial-up, and it wasn't even the fastest speed, just the slowest. The Powerpuff Girls movie, which I recall enjoying, had just come out a week before. But what stuck with me was a rock rendition of the main theme song and, if I'm not mistaken, a White Stripes song in the end credits. Again, I can find it anyplace nowadays; back then,…

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  Review by George Carmi ★★★★ 6

  Team Shaolin would beat AFC Richmod 600-0

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  Review by Chris 🍉 ★★★★½

  did somebody order a masterpiece

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  Review by wilson ★★★★★

  Father's Day has been pretty tough the past few years. But I'm glad to be home and spending time with my mom.

  My dad loved Stephen Chow movies. We used to watch Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle almost yearly when I was growing up. He had an amazing sense of humor. He loved eating and cooking food. No matter how busy he was at work he'd always make time for me. I loved him so much.

  肥佬, I miss you.

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  Review by evilbjork ★★★½ 4

  Finally, a sports comedy that's actually funny. My favorite part is how deadpan everything is. Not only the jokes, but the story is incredibly overdramatic without ever acknowledging it. It's so well done and absolutely hilarious.

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  Review by {Todd} ★★★★ 3

  "That's a great idea. Kung-fu soccer. Why didn't I think of that?" -Sing,

  It's weird that so many people rooted for Team Evil... wait, no it's not at all weird that people were rooting for evil.

  Team Evil has been dominating soccer ever since the boy with the Golden Leg missed an important goal in a big game. Now a new group of shaolin trained athletes are going use their powers on the soccer field and take evil down a peg. This is a charming and bizarre comedy that I enjoyed far more than I could even imagine.

  What makes this work is the campy acting and jokes mixed with legitimately entertaining action humor. I love all of the soccer…

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  Review by Prateek Sharma ★★★★ 3

  There's something about Stephen Chow and his filmmaking technique I've seen so far it's ludicrous, way way over the top, absurd and mad crazy but gotta say this is one of the funniest shit I've ever seen.. The whole film is like that and i can't complain that... It's inconsistent but very funny and seems like the whole team had a blast. Love the way they mixed Shaolin martial arts and soccer and made into something special. The visual effects for 2001 is quite impressive and tbh there's no sense for me to review this.. It's quite fun and i had a blast, not as good as kung fu hustle cause that was a damn smart film too but if u want to have great 2 hours this film can do wonders. Now my expectations of watching a football match is too damn high. 🤣🤣🤣