Shaolin Soccer is a 2001 martial arts comedy film written and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. The movie follows Sing, a for... In this hysterical, eye-popping comedy, a team of misfits take their best shot at winning a championship by mixing martial arts with soccer. Using unorthodox game play, they face the dreaded Team Evil in the ultimate battle for the title. A down-and-out ex-soccer player joins forces with a former monk to assemble an unlikely team of players to win the China Super Cup soccer tournament. A football coach persuades a kung-fu master, who has trouble finding work, and his former classmates to transfer their skills and form a team.