2/5 stars It has been seven years since Stephen Chow Sing-chi last released a film – his longest hiatus yet as a filmmaker. His last feature, 2019’s The New King of Comedy, was a poignant reworking of his 1999 classic King of Comedy. Now the Hong Kong comedy superstar offers a gender-flipped reimagining of another of his greatest hits – Shaolin Soccer (2001) – squarely aimed at the mainland Chinese box office. Unlike his 2019 effort, however, Kung Fu Soccer (2026) is vastly inferior to its...
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July 13, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Kung Fu Soccer movie review: Stephen Chow’s stale, gender-swapped Shaolin Soccer spin-off
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