Action, Comedy, Fantasy  •  2026  •  106 min  •  Teen (13+)

Kung Fu Soccer (2026)

Kung Fu Soccer poster

Kung Fu Soccer (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Negative
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
5.8

Overview

Kung Fu Soccer blends action, comedy, and fantasy as a Chinese women's football team uses martial arts to compete in a global tournament. The film leans traditional due to its nationalistic undertones and caricatured Korean rivals, while highlighting group solidarity over individualism. Family roles are downplayed in favor of team bonding, and LGBTQ or trans narratives are absent, with one joke about trans women weakening its inclusivity. The story offers an entertaining gender-swapped reboot vibe without straying from conventional themes of perseverance and patriotism within a stylized sports-fantasy genre.


Starring Cast

Xiaofei Zhang  •   Dilraba Dilmurat  •   Yixing Zhang

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Leans Right
Confidence: Medium

Kung Fu Soccer centers a women's martial arts football team that overcomes obstacles through unity, trust, and determination while embedding patriotic themes that caricature rival Korean players as reliant on bribery and provocation.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

Kung Fu Soccer centers an all-female Chinese football team in a gender-reversed take on the original Shaolin Soccer premise, highlighting themes of female solidarity and second chances for athletes in their thirties competing in an international women's tournament.

Secondary

Trans: Negative
Confidence: Medium

Kung Fu Soccer features a gender-swapped all-female martial arts soccer team but includes a joke about trans women in sport presented without balance or critique, resulting in a negative overall portrayal of transgender themes.

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium

Kung Fu Soccer presents marriage and romantic partnerships chiefly as sources of personal setback and emotional fuel for its characters, while highlighting the supportive bonds within an all-female martial arts football team as a primary collective structure.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

Kung Fu Soccer centers on the Emei women’s football team and their personal struggles without introducing any LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Relationships among the players, including ambiguous connections and romantic setbacks, remain framed within heterosexual contexts and receive no exploration of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: Medium

The Emei women's team employs martial arts during matches and training, yet all documented physical confrontations occur between female characters or within all-female tournament play. No scenes depict a female character prevailing over male opponents through hand-to-hand or melee combat.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Kung Fu Soccer presents an all-female Emei team led by captain Shuangshuang and striker Yulong, with Xu Feng serving as a male mentor, yet none of these figures correspond to canonically male characters from Shaolin Soccer.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Kung Fu Soccer centers on an original fictional Chinese women's martial arts football team with no legacy characters drawn from prior source material that specified a different race.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.7
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5.8

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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