Shaolin — Soccer English

(Stephen Chow), a former Shaolin monk who wants to promote the virtues of kung fu in a modern world that seems to have forgotten it. After a chance meeting with "Golden Leg" Fung

If you can find the Original Cantonese version with English subtitles, you are getting the full vision. If you prefer the English Dub, try to find the version that is closest to the original runtime (though the official US DVD release is usually the shorter cut).

But here’s the catch: Did you watch it in Cantonese with subtitles, or did you catch the wild, re-scored, re-dubbed ?

The most common English version was released by Miramax , which featured a significant amount of editing and a new dub to appeal to Western audiences.

Extreme striking power; can turn a ball into a flaming projectile. Tai Chi Quan

The answer lies in Stephen Chow’s direction. He is a disciple of visual comedy in the vein of Buster Keaton and Jim Carrey. The humor in Shaolin Soccer is kinetic. When a player spins in the air for five minutes to generate power, or when a ball turns into a flaming meteor, the joke requires no translation.