I remember watching this movie when it hit theaters 15 years ago and I remember it as a quite good movie.
By experience I know that childhood memories of movies tend to be a bit better than reality, so naturally I was a bit cautious when I decided to revisit Shaolin-Soccer last night.
Luckily this is not the case, because this movie is still quite good!
I'm not really into movies about sports, martial arts or love, so for me this mixture of soccer and martial arts, sided with a somewhat subtle love story, and topped off with a pinch of goofy humor, creates an refreshingly original and interesting movie about those same subjects.
I'm pretty sure I don't always understand the Chinese form of humor, and most likely some of it is also lost in the subtitles as well but still, it makes me smile, and it makes me cheer for the good guys!
In every sense of the words, a movie easy to watch, and easy to enjoy.
By experience I know that childhood memories of movies tend to be a bit better than reality, so naturally I was a bit cautious when I decided to revisit Shaolin-Soccer last night.
Luckily this is not the case, because this movie is still quite good!
I'm not really into movies about sports, martial arts or love, so for me this mixture of soccer and martial arts, sided with a somewhat subtle love story, and topped off with a pinch of goofy humor, creates an refreshingly original and interesting movie about those same subjects.
I'm pretty sure I don't always understand the Chinese form of humor, and most likely some of it is also lost in the subtitles as well but still, it makes me smile, and it makes me cheer for the good guys!
In every sense of the words, a movie easy to watch, and easy to enjoy.