Apparently after Shaolin Soccer's success, the "kungfu" mixed with "sports/other activities" theme become quite famous. There's "Kungfu Mahjong" from Hongkong. Then, next year there's going to be "Kungfu Dunk" starring Jay Chow and from the look of the trailer, it's probably something similar to Shaolin Soccer with lots of cg works. Jay Chow is a better filmmaker than actor though. His acting sucks. Seriously, he doesn't have much expressions at all. But him as a director, works better. I watched his directorial debut movie expecting a pretty crappy movie, but it turned out better than my expectation. He should just either stick with directing or improve his acting. Anyway, aside from that, Japan is also producing another kungfu-sports movie called "Shaolin Girl". Stephen Chow is producing it with some actors from Shaolin Soccer also staring, so it really felt Shaolin Soccer-ish, except instead of Soccer, it's Lacrosse.

Kungfu Dunk Trailer


Shaolin Girl Trailer

1 Comment

1. Lady Pirate Ann on December 8, 2007 at 4:15 PM

   I agree, Jay Chou's expressions are mostly different variations of "flat," "unamused," and "ambivalent". XD
   
   The Shaolin Shoujo ones looks interesting, but from the trailer it seems more serious than comedic *shrug*.