Julian Grant This movie made me vomit. I hated everything about it and wish I hadn't seen it. No one should ever watch it because it's so bad. I particularly disliked the characters, the storyline, the dialogue, the scene changes, and the stylistic choices. There are many good things about China, kung fu, basketball and humanity; none of them are present in this worthless, pathetic, downright perplexingly awful attempt at cinema. I can't believe that money which could have been spent on literally anything else was instead spent on paying "actors" to make wooden expressions, tell bland jokes, and other trash. I felt nothing for the entirety of the film; not amusement, not passion, not empathy, not interest, just sheer confusion and disappointment in myself for allowing myself to sink to these depths. Also, alcoholism is not a joke. Don't watch this, it's utter filth.

singwaileung-1 I can't believe I watched this movie. It was bad... really really bad. Bad story, bad acting, bad characters, bad SFX, bad action, bad chemistry, just a really bad day after watching this junk.Anything good? The part where Eric Tsang was trying to throw the can in the bin but kept missing maybe? Everything else just didn't work. I'm really glad this isn't a complete work of the classic Anime Slam Dunk, it really would have tainted the series.Steer clear, whether you are Jay fans or not, you will be embarrassed...

Chung Mo A mess of genres but it's mainly based on Stephen Chow's genre mash-ups for it's inspiration. There's magic kung-fu, college romance, sports, gangster action and some weepy melodrama for a topping. The production is excellent and the pacing is fast so it's easy to get past the many flaws in this film.A baby is abandoned next to a basketball court. A homeless man brings him to a Shaolin monastery that's in the middle of a city along with a special kung fu manual that the homeless man somehow has but can't read. The old monk teaches the boy but expires when he tries to master the special technique in the manual. The school is taken over by a phony kung fu master who is assisted by four wacky monks. The new master gets mad at the now 20+ year old boy for not pretending to be hurt by the master's weak punches and throws him out for the night. The boy is found throwing garbage into a basket from an incredible distance by a man who bring him to a gangster's club to play darts. This leads to a big fight, the boy's expulsion from the monastery and the man's decision to turn the boy into a college basketball sensation.Al this happens in the first 20 minutes with most of it happening in the first 10 minutes. Aside from the extreme shorthand storytelling the first problem is how little we get to know the main character until way into the movie. The man who uses the boy is more sharply defined by the time the first third is over. The plot follows no new ground except for the insane action climax of the film. I'm sure you can easily imagine how the wacky monks will show up towards the end. The effects, photography and stunt work are all top- notch and make up for the uninspired plot. Stephen Chow has a much better command of plot and comedy writing and this film will live in his shadow but that's not a good reason to ignore it. It's quite entertaining even with a scatter-shot ending. Recommended.

sigu828 this movie is made for Asian/Chinese market, targeting particularly fans of Jay Chou, one of the biggest music star in Asian.Jay Chou is a very talented song writer/singer. He is mediocre as an actor, although he did appear in several big-budget productions ("initial D", "Curse of the Golden Flower "). Amazingly, he won both golden horse (taiwan) and Hong Kong film awards for "initial D".The supporting cast are very well chosen, which appeals basically everyone from China. The cast including many famous movie/TV actors, singers, even sport commentator (Huang Jianxiang from China). However, they were not given enough time to show their talents.The biggest mistake is that Chu took over both director and writer position. He has a reputation of making shallow and brainless movies based off non-coherent scripts. With his poor directing and lam story, the whole talented cast, fancy vision effects and tones of production money was wasted.However, the terrible movie successfully cashed in over 10 million dollars, maybe even more in Asian, which made this one of the biggest box office success in Asian.The bottom line is: you can watch this movie only if you want to see how money and talents are wasted, or if you are simply accompanying your kids who are fans of Jay Chou.