Sing tries to show his love for her through song through ironic song and dance but is initially rejected. This is simultaneously happening along with Sing the main character falling in love with a fellow failed martial artist who uses her martial arts skills to bake delicious sweet rolls. Having once again been bought down by life, they must be reassured that they are truly skilled martial artists as well as successful people. This zero to hero story takes off as the team takes a practice run against another company of soccer players, getting badly beaten and pummeled. Sings brothers all refuse to go back to anything using the martial arts until further encouraged by sing, due to blaming there low place in life on the martial arts. Though at one time been expert martial artists, they have all failed in life and are in lowly social positions. With attributes such as steel leg, iron head and more. All of the team have specialized in different forms of the ancient martial art of Shaolin Kung Fu.
As Sing the junky martial artist prepares to form a soccer team, consisting of him and his 5 brothers, he must deal with the adversity that has come along with the failures of there lives. One a junk collecting street bum and the other a former soccer player pair up along with the bums brothers to form a soccer team that uses martial arts as an advantage in playing soccer. This odd couple both facing uncertain times in there life as well as extenuating circumstances pair up with the common goal of winning a soccer tournament. References to Team Evil's use of illegal American drugs have been replaced with references to "training.Shaolin Soccer is the story of an ex soccer player who met a tragic demise and a former student of Shaolin Kung Fu.A cover version of "Kung Fu Fighting" is used over the last scene of the film and the end credits, removing the score entirely.The final soccer match has a variety of cuts in it, mostly to take out the more extreme visuals featuring blood and violence.Golf course scene between Hung and Golden Leg has been cut out.The first of the two iterations of the "egg" joke with Little Brother and Iron Short during soccer training remains in the Miramax cut.
Dialog is often without the meaning the original version contained. The film is dubbed into English, thus not allowing time for the true translation of the screenplay.All the initial meetings with the Brothers have been shortened.The vomit and fart gags have been deleted from Sing's first soccer attack in the streets.Also gone are some of the bottle-to-head smashes on Iron Head.Dialog has been removed between Sing and Iron Head during the club scenes, and the song they perform is in a major key, rather than the original minor key.A musical sequence with Sing and the gang outside of Mui's sweet roll shop has been reinstated.The opening B&W bribery scene between Golden Leg and Hung has been deleted.Replaced by main title over generic "Asian" background.