2001 · comedy · action · sport
Shaolin Soccer
Directed by Stephen Chow1h 53m2001
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Our read: Shaolin Soccer (2001) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · action · sport entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- inventive
- redemptive
- funny
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“You want cartoon-kung-fu soccer chaos that builds to the wildest tournament imaginable.”
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