If you’ve seen Kung Fu Hustle - and you must - this may all sound familiar, because much of the Shaolin Soccer cast, as well as the director and writer Stephen Chow, are the same. (This ad will also get you to the rental link, for $3.99.) Plus throw in a scene of somebody training with a ball against a wall which will remind you of Forrest Gump playing ping-pong, but with concrete-crushing power. The fun is built upon a foundation of martial arts movie and other stereotypes: we’re gonna get the band back together, bring the old master(s) out of retirement, gather up a bunch of misfits to take on Team Evil, win a pretty girl’s heart, endure a few tragedies, and then use our rediscovered special powers to make the whole world a better place. If you think this was impressive, you should have seen the shot he saved! Movies like Shaolin Soccer, which you can rent on Amazon Prime, don’t worry too much about things like plot or character development, because who cares? Let’s just fly around, kick the ball so hard it bursts into flames and/or digs a trench in the ground, and then have somebody causally save it anyway, while gracefully hanging from the crossbar in the top corner. Soccer-related books, films and programs. And, of course, there will be heroic victories over evil enemies - in this case, a team actually called Team Evil. There will be a beautiful woman who will fall in love with the hero. There will be over-the-top visual effects. There will be high-flying kicks of both ball and man. If you need a reminder of that, watch the Shaolin (Kung Fu) Soccer movie.Įven if you know nothing beyond the title - which, for the record, was Shaolin Soccer in Hong Kong and Kung Fu Soccer in some other countries - you probably know what you need to know. Sometimes I believe we overthink things like movies and football, and we forget they are supposed to be good, clean, even silly fun.
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