What is Shaolin Soccer about?
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Martial arts masters reunite to play soccer, bringing absurd, high-flying action and feel-good, campy humor to the field.
Crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), Pluto TV (free) and YouTube (free).
Shaolin Soccer parents guide
It stays inside its PG, with mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byStephen Chow
StarringStephen Chow, Richard Ng Man-Tat, Zhao Wei, Patrick Tse Yin, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Wong Yat-Fei
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