Product Details

• Actors: Kenny Bee, Corey Yuen, Cheung Man, Stephen Chow
• Directors: Joh Chung Sing
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Cantonese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Fortune 5
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002KQNZE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,706 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Stephen Chow fights gangsters in the Kung Fu action-comedy. This is the first release to follow up on Shaolin Soccer’s theatrical success.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not related to Shaolin Soccer, April 18, 2005

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J. Seifert (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shaolin Idiot (DVD)

First off, unlike other reviews have stated, I had no problem playing this DVD, either on my Onkyo DVD player or on my Powerbook laptop. Either the company has removed the region encoding from later pressings or this DVD just happens to not be playable on all DVD players. Caveat Emptor.

That being said, this movie is not related to the hit movie "Shaolin Soccer" in any way, except for having the same star, Stephen Chow. In fact, it has nothing to do with martial arts at all; it's merely a re-release of a mediocre film originally produced in 1990, titled "Shi xiong zhuang gui" according to the IMDB.

The quality of the print is poor, and the special effects are atrocious. The producers of "I Dream of Jeannie" in the 60's did a better job editing ghosts popping onto the screen than this movie does. The action sequences that are in this movie are also unentertaining and poorly directed.

Nevertheless, the movie does have its moments, especially if you're into Hong Kong comedy. My wife and I laughed out loud several times. Also, the English subtitles, while sometimes hard to read against a light background, were surprisingly well translated. Far too often, Hong Kong movie translations are chock full of spelling and grammatical mistakes, but we only noticed a few during this movie.

There's nothing fancy about this DVD. No special features, no alternate captions or soundtracks; even the DVD itself simply says "VideoAsia". This release is simply a cheap attempt by whoever owns the rights to this movie to capitalize on the success of Shaolin Soccer. Even so, it was good for some laughs, and fans of Stephen Chow should enjoy it.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This DVD is not Shaolin Idiot, March 17, 2005

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Mikey98223 (Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shaolin Idiot (DVD)

This DVD is not Shaolin Idiot but an older film of Stephen Chow. It's really a film called "Look Out, Officer" that Stephen Chow made in 1990. Shaolin Idiot is not out yet to my knowledge. If you want Stephen Chow's "Look Out, Officer" you should buy this DVD if not, don't.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Formated for USA (Region 1), December 25, 2004

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Kung Fu Junkie (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shaolin Idiot (DVD)

I bought this DVD for my husband for Xmas. We loved Shaolin Soccer so much, I thought it would be a great present. We sat down to watch it on Christmas night and it would not play, in any of our DVD players. It was only 4.99, so it's not a huge loss, but we were really looking forward to watching it. Save your 5 bucks!