25 years ago, Shaolin Soccer’s kung fu chaos overcame Harvey Weinstein

25 years ago, Shaolin Soccer’s kung fu chaos overcame Harvey Weinstein

It was obvious that Harvey Weinstein was looking to kill two birds with one stone when he bought the North American rights for Shaolin Soccer. Still smarting over missing out on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—which became a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning, box-office smash when Sony Pictures Classics released it in the U.S. in 2000—the soon-to-be-disgraced movie mogul went on an Asian-cinema-acquiring tear in the early aughts, picking up sev…