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少林足球
Shaolin Soccer

《少林足球》是一部于2001年上映的香港电影，由周星驰执导、李力持执行导演，周星驰和曾谨昌联合编剧，程小东任动作导演。《少林足球》在全球上映的累计总票房约5000万美元，亦是第一部在欧洲大规模上映的周星驰电影。本片至今仍保持着华人电影在意大利的最高票房记录：1,685,758欧元，也是于欧洲重播次数最多的周星驰电影。曾多次重播《少林足球》的欧洲国家包括德国、瑞士、奥地利、意大利、法国、匈牙利、西班牙等。本片参考了日本机器人动画《疾风无敌银堡垒》以及日本漫画《足球小将》。《少林足球》秉承周星驰电影一贯品质，重播率非常高。在2005年，获香港电影金像奖协会票选为“最佳华语片一百部”之一。

Shaolin Soccer (Chinese: 少林足球) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. A former Shaolin monk reunites his five brothers, years after their master's death, to apply their superhuman martial arts skills to play football and bring Shaolin kung fu to the masses.

Starring演员
周星驰Stephen Chow, 赵薇Zhao Wei, 吴孟达Ng Man-tat, 蒲叶栋, 谢贤Patrick Tse, 张明明, 黄一飞Wong Yat-fei, 莫美林Mok Mei-lam, 田启文Tin Kai-man, 陈国坤Danny Chan, 林子聪Lam Chi-chung, 谷德昭Vincent Kok, 莫文蔚Karen Mok, 张柏芝Cecilia Cheung, 卢海鹰, 马军龙, 姚大秋/姚旭, 冼健荣, 林子善, 冯勉恒, 何文辉, 杨能, 徐美娜, 谢志华, 李健仁, 李卉, 释子云, 曹华, 王恩杰, 莫伟文, 孙子荣

Plot
Sing is a master of Shaolin kung fu, whose goal in life is to promote the spiritual and practical benefits of martial art to modern society. He experiments with various methods, but none bear positive results. He then meets "Golden Leg" Fung; a legendary Hong Kong soccer star in his day, who is now walking with a limp, following the betrayal of a former teammate, Hung, now a rich businessman. Sing explains his desires to Fung, who in turn offers his services to coach Sing in soccer. Sing is compelled by the idea of promoting kung fu through soccer, and agrees to enlist his former Shaolin brothers to form a team under Fung's management. Sing and Fung attempt to put together an unbeatable soccer team. After some failed attempts, Sing's brothers all agree to participate in the team. Fung invites a vicious team to play against them for a scrimmage, and the thugs proceed to give the Shaolin Team a literal beating. When all seems lost, the Shaolin disciples reawaken and utilize their special powers, dismantling the other team's rough play easily. The thugs then give up and ask to join Sing's team. Sing meets Mui, a baker with severe acne who uses Tai chi to bake mantou. He takes her to look at very expensive dresses at a high-end department store after hours. She soon forms an attachment to Sing and even gets a makeover in an attempt to impress him. However, this backfires and when Mui reveals her feelings to him: he tells her he only wants to be her friend. This revelation, coupled with the constant bullying from her overbearing boss, leads Mui to disappear. Team Shaolin enters the open cup competition in Hong Kong, where they chalk up consecutive and often ridiculously one-sided victories due to their special Shaolin techniques. They end up meeting Team Evil in the final, owned by none other than Hung. Team Evil had been injected with an American drug, granting them superhuman strength and speed, making them practically invincible, and they bring Team Shaolin back to reality when Team Evil's amazing capabilities prove more than a match for them. After Team Evil takes out Team Shaolin's two goalkeepers, Mui, who has shaved her hair and improved her face, reappears to be a goalkeeper for Team Shaolin. In their final attack, Team Evil's striker leaps into the sky and kicks the ball with enormous force toward Mui, who prevents him from scoring with her tai chi. Mui and Sing combine their martial skills and rocket the ball downfield. The ball plows through Team Evil's goal post, thereby scoring the winning goal. Sing is then thrown into the air in celebration as the trophy is presented to him and his team. A newspaper article then shows Hung being stripped of his title of soccer chairman and sentenced to jail for five years, while the players of Team Evil are permanently banned from playing soccer professionally. Sing goes out for a morning jog and feels joy at seeing the people around him practicing Kung Fu and implementing it into their daily lives, his lifelong dream has become a reality. The camera pans to a large poster of Sing and Mui, who have since married and became famous for winning a world championship in bowling, among other things.

剧情

曾经效力于寰宇队、有“黄金右脚”之称的明星足球员明锋，因一时贪念而听从队友强雄之言，在一场重要比赛的点球大战中刻意射失最后一球（此段剧情改编自1994年世界杯足球赛决赛意大利英雄巴乔失手）。结果导致寰宇队以4—5输给星辉队，明锋不但名誉扫地，更被一群由强雄安排的观众打瘸右脚。颜面、信心尽失的明锋就此结束足球生涯，甚至到银行兑领时才发现只是一张空头支票，两手空空又无处可去之下，仅能投靠强雄当打杂小弟。而强雄则自此事业一帆风顺而称霸足球界，彻底将明锋踩在脚下。二十年后，沦为落魄中年的明锋于偶然间认识到以拾荒维生、性格乐天、对武术极度沉迷的少林弟子阿星，意外发现他惊人的少林大力金刚腿，凭他的专业眼光，认定阿星有足球天分。明锋因此游说星参加全国超级杯足球大赛，而阿星亦希望籍足球令世人认识少林武术，于是接受明锋的邀请。阿星为了增加球队实力，并借此机会令少林武功发扬光大，而去游说一班当年曾在少林寺习武的师兄弟，包括大师兄铁头功、二师兄旋风地堂腿、三师兄金钟罩铁布衫、四师兄鬼影擒拿手、六师弟轻功水上飘共同参赛。然而所有人因落魄红尘而荒废武学，而且全无斗志，仅是为了一百万的奖金才愿意参加。在首场的友谊赛中面对以暴戾闻名的霸王队，各人均被打至半死、遭对方羞辱一番，在千钧一发之际，阿星唤起所有人的潜在武功，在一瞬间各师兄弟重拾本身之绝技，更将之融入足球内，发挥出惊人威力。最后更令大部分霸王队队员归顺，正式成为完整的“少林队”。另外，阿星还遇上有“馒头皇后”之称的太极手阿梅，因为以太极功夫制成馒头而对她十分敬佩并成为好友。虽然阿梅常常悉心照顾及暗恋阿星，但由于样貌不好看而自卑，因此不敢向星表露爱意。在超级杯中，少林队最初因为球员行为及装扮古怪而被其他球队取笑，但比赛开始后他们成功将少林功夫融入足球之内，发挥惊人实力而最终打进决赛，面对明锋宿敌强雄所带领的“魔鬼队”。魔鬼队不但以高科技训练，甚至暗中注射体育禁药，成为名副其实的“魔鬼”。再加上裁判、助理裁判等比赛相关人员几乎都是强雄的人，令比赛瞬间变得不公平。少林队全员只在挨打，被魔鬼队以射球甚至身体痛击至重伤。随着少林队的队员一个接一个被抬出场以及中途离场，使到该队上场比赛的球员少于八个而面临被判输。于最后关头，阿梅突然出现，剃掉所有头发加入少林队，上场替补因伤退出的守门员。即使没有参赛经验，但她的一招太极手加上阿星的金刚腿而成功打出完美配合扭转局势，奇迹令少林队击败整个魔鬼队而赢得全国超级杯的冠军，让明锋重拾二十年来所失去的球坛荣耀。全员溃败的魔鬼队最后被查出服用禁药，全体被中国足球协会判处终身禁赛，跌落球坛的强雄也因涉及贪污行贿而被判入狱五年。少林队的胜出令全国掀起一股习武风气，而阿梅和阿星成为情侣后，再度勇夺保龄球赛冠军，双双登上《时代周刊》的封面。