Shaolin Soccer - 2001 - 6/10
AKA - Siu Lam Juk Lau // 少林足球

One of Stephen Chow’s most successful and accessible films.
An ex-monk, wanting to bring Shaolin doctrines to the masses, decides soccer is the vehicle,
With five other monks and a ragtag team, they build victories.
Until they encounter Team Evil, reliant on performance drugs.
Fair play versus cheating. Honor versus treachery.
Will good prevail?
Miramax, then owned by Disney, got the rights and poorly distributed this Stateside.
Or Disney planned to remake this with Western adolescents. Who knows?
Terrific crowd pleaser and constantly funny.
Still banned in mainland China.