Shaolin Soccer

Synopsis

Golden Leg Fung (Man Tat Ng),a once great soccer player, decides to renew his soccer dream and coach a soccer team and win the championship. He recruits Mighty Steel Leg Sing (Stephen Chow), a Shaolin Kung Fu master who is trying to display the usefulness of Kung Fu, to help him find a team. Steel Leg recruits his fellow Kung Fu artists and they form a team. As they reignite their Kung Fu powers, the team works to defeat Team Evil and win the championship.

Awards and nominations

• 2001 Won a Golden Horse Award for Best Action Choreography and Best Visual Effects

• 2002 Won a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor(Stephen Chow), Best Director, Best Picture, Best Sound Design, Best Supporting Actor (Yat-fei Wong), and Best Visual Effects

• Nominated for Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography, Best Cinematography, Best Costume & Make Up Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Song, Best Screenplay

• 2002 Won a Golden Bauhinia for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Supporting Actor (Yat-Fei Wong)

• 2002 Won a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Film

• 2003 Won a Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Language Film