Chow is a master of slapstick, yet seldom overdoes the silliness, choosing carefully timed gags and meticulously mounted visual construction over slapdash comedy. I think that by having your star also direct it (directed and starred Stephen Chow) it builds upon a sense of comfortability with the story. It had us laughing, it kept us based in reality, and it focused my attention to the screen for the entire film (a task that no other sports film has been able to do). They took the old, skillful ways of the dated kung-fu film, added the work of bullet-time, and added the sports flare to it to create Siu lam juk kau. This film used techniques that I have not seen used in any other films. So many of our kung-fu films are revenge films, I was happy to see that this one was not far off. I enjoyed the fact that this was a revenge film. Well, let me be the first to say that they are coming back, and coming back with a vengeance. When we think of the martial arts films (and physical aspect), we see them as a very old and dated genre.
I also enjoyed the fact that this film also tried to say that kung-fu is not an old topic, that it can and should still be used in society today. Siu lam juk kau tells a spectacular story coupled with some amazing graphics to create a story about love, teamwork, and superpowers. I am surprised that America wasn't the first to do this, but we are a nation that loves the standard sports film, so why change what we love. They have taken the popularity of the bullet-time effect and applied it to a genre that definitely needed a face-lift.
Hong Kong has crafted a spectacular film here. This wasn't one of those films where you spent most of your time with one of the characters then never really got to know the rest of them you knew them all and couldn't wait to see what they were going to bring to the table next. There was time used to set them up and learn about each of them. The characters were all animated and individual in their own way. I was impressed from the beginning till the end of this movie. I recently watched a film called Equilibrium where it was mentioned that it could rival the popularity of The Matrix, well I would have to say that perhaps this film, Siu lam juk kau, would probably do more in toppling the king of bullet-time cinematography than Equilibrium would. This had all the characteristics of the modern Hollywood sports film, but what made it stand out and enjoyable is that it did not take itself seriously AND it had some amazing CGI action sequences. This was a sports film, for me to say that it wasn't would be a bold faced lie. I ask you to do this because you will probably never see this again. Any more of this insanity would be too much. From what I've heard, read, and witnessed, the 89- minute is sufficient. You can also view the 112-minute Chinese version. Note: I watched the short "English theatrical version" which runs 89 minutes. Be prepared, as I said, for some incredible dumb things, but also for much weird but definitely entertaining stuff. Earlier in the story, the bizarre dialog, odd encounters with different characters and the humor is stupid many times.but so stupid, it's comical! I just shook my head in amazement at what I was seeing and hearing. The climactic soccer game at the nd got carried away, of course, but it was still fun to watch. I can't recall how man times I literally laughed out loud watching these ludicrous scenes. We get the usual misfits-make good story, which is nothing new, but how it happens in unlike anything I've ever seen. It's that outrageous, far-out: a slapstick film containing martial arts, supernatural power and the sport of soccer.
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This has to be one of the goofiest, dumbest, strangest - and funniest - films ever made! It made sound like a cliché, but you truly have to see this movie to believe it.
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