I watched this movie last Thursday over at the Death Star. It was worth watching once. There were a good number of hilarious scenes, but there was also a lot of slapstick comedy (I shouldn’t have been surprised; my friend S is the one who really wanted to watch it, and he’s a huge fan of slapstick, apparently.)

Before we watched the movie, S said it was pretty much like Mario Strikers (a GameCube soccer game.) After watching the movie, I have to agree.

Outrageous martial arts spoof (or the height of this Hong Kong films?); along the lines of Kung Fu Hustle brought into contemporary life. Good preparation for the World Cup this summer!

I watched the original version (subtitles) with my wife and enjoyed it very much. I later watched the dubbed version with my kids. I thought the dubbed version was better than most dubbed versions but the subtitles were better (of course). In either case a great movie that combined kung fu and soccer in a hilarious way. In some ways it was pure Stephen Chow, in others it was similar to a Japanese film Battlefield Baseball. In others it was like Dodgeball and the 80’s underdog comedy movies Dodgeball was modeled after. A must see.