Shaolin Soccer

  • Stephen Chow: Sing ( steel leg )
  • Man Tat Ng: coach Fung (Golden Leg )
  • Zhao Wei: Amui
  • Yin Tse Hung: ( trainer devil dragon)
  • Wong Yut Fei: First Brother ( Iron Head )
  • Lam Chi -Sing: Second Brother
  • Tin Kai Man: Third brother (iron shirt)
  • Chan Kwok Kuen: Fourth brother ( Empty Hand )
  • Lam Chi Chung: Sixth Brother ( Inert pig)

Shaolin Soccer (Chinese少林 足球, English Shaolin Soccer) is an action - comedy film from Hong Kong in the year 2001. Directed by Stephen Chow, who also plays the main role. With this film, he achieved his international breakthrough. In China, the film developed in appearance to there successful film of all time. This success was only later by the sequel, Kung Fu Hustle, in which Stephen Chow also held director and lead role, surpassed.

Publish on the U.S. market, an international version was produced by Miramax for a supposedly better international marketability, on which all other Western versions. This 113 together shortened to 88 minutes version received both a different section and partly to other music. In addition, some storylines and violent scenes have been cut away or strong. The uncut version was released only in Asia on DVD and also has English subtitles.

Action

The film tells the story of Sing, a former Shaolin and Master of Kung Fu, which is now reflected through life. This learns one day know the aged Fung, who was once a great football star. This was once however, after he himself was arrogant and corrupt, deceived by his former teammate Hung, who also made ​​sure that Fung's knee was broken, which ended his career abruptly.

Hung is now coach of the successful but sinister devil dragon (original EvilTeam ), Fung, however, never came back properly on its feet. After Fung has learned singing, he is very enthusiastic about skill Sings, but this an uncommonly firm step (hence steel leg ), and convinces him to use his kung fu to play soccer and want to train him. Not only singing, but also his 5 other brothers were with him as a child in the Shaolin Monastery and became Kung Fu masters. When Sing attempts to persuade them also to the football game and the creation of a team, they incite from though.

Later, after all have gone once in, it is still establishing the team and they start training. This shows, however, that the former Shaolin not only have little idea about the football itself, but that these, Sing, except in their Kung Fu is strong rusty. After a tough game against some bullies, their skills and their minds are, however, re-enabled. From now on, the team increases continuously and finally even takes part in the national tournament.

After most easily -won victories the Shaolin Kickers are in the final against the vicious dragon. These were doped by spraying such a way that they seem even superior to the Shaolin in their capabilities now and show it off really low and do with their hard play. Only shortly before the end of the game, the majority of the team is all ready, comes through the baker Mui at which Sing had previously befriended and who now replaced the badly injured goalkeeper, the turn and the victory can be won. Ultimately Hung will live long closed due to doping, while the Kung Fu Love Couples Sing and Mui triggers a new martial arts craze in the country.

Awards

The film won at the 21th Hong Kong Film Awards, among others, in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Stephen Chow ), Best Supporting Actor (Wong Yat- Fei ) and best visual effects. He also won the awards for best film, Best Actor (Stephen Chow ) and Best Supporting Actor ( Wong Yat- Fei ) at the 7th Golden Bauhinia Awards.

Others

  • The film serves both as an amusing parody of the famous wuxia genre and uses the other hand, open to elements of a Japanese soccer anime such as Captain Tsubasa and used bullet time effects, abrupt camera movements and slow motion. So it is perfectly normal in comically exaggerated film, meter or meter high jump far or as hard to shoot, the ball drags a fiery tail behind.
  • Sings fourth brother, the goalkeeper of the team, is in his appearance as a tribute to Bruce Lee.
  • Later some Asian and American comic book adaptations to film emerged.
  • The German theatrical release of the film was (with a few copies) on 11 March 2004. In German free TV, the film was on arte first time on 28 May 2006.
  • In the video for the song Dance Lumidee and Fatman Scoop some parts of the film are seen

Reviews

  • According to Jürgen Armbruster filmstarts.de of the film is a fast-paced genre mix who walks on the border between genius and insanity, but to provide still quite amusing entertainment for white. In addition, the film would be a classic sportsman's film, in which a handful of outsiders together closes to reach the very top. The film was indeed cheesy and unrealistic, but also implemented amusing and technically almost perfect.

The lexicon of the International film: " With good sense of physical comedy staged, artistically and technically camera furious composed mix of martial arts, football film and sentimental Hong Kong drama. The over the original by a good 20 minutes shortened international version lost much of its charm and a logic. "

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