One Leg Kicking

One Leg Kicking

Year: 2001

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Wei Koh

Comedy

Underdogs form a football team to compete in a league, with the prize a trip to the 2002 World Cup finals. The squad includes a widowed father of two, an ex‑con, a lounge singer battling the karaoke machine, and a tough tomboy. They go from misfits to contenders, learning sportsmanship and life lessons that make them better individuals and friends.

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Timeline – One Leg Kicking (2001)

Trace every key event in One Leg Kicking (2001) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Tai Po and Vernon share a soccer hobby

Tai Po and Vernon are shown enjoying soccer as a common pastime. After Tai Po enters a Youth Soccer Competition tryout, he suffers a leg injury with bleeding. From then on, he shuns soccer matches on radio or television while at work.

Tai Po's workplace
2

Handsome Toh released and starts a new job hunt

Handsome is released from prison and re-enters life through Kim's letters from overseas. He shows up for a job interview outside Sonny Lee's factory, where Gavin has just returned from studying in the United States. Gavin interviews him and hires him on the condition that half of his salary goes to the company's soccer team.

Outside Sonny Lee's factory
3

Plumbing mishap and compensation

Tai Po, Kim, and Baka fail to fix a plumbing issue and accidentally break a glass bowl worth $15,000. Their promotion salary of $10,000 is forfeited to compensate the customer, and the company still owes $5,000.

Customer's home
4

Overtime plan and team reshuffle

Sonny offers overtime work to repay the debt by installing a swimming pool at his estate. Gavin suggests reorganizing the team, appointing Toh as Tai Po's new partner.

Sonny's estate / office
5

Kim's horror tale strains Handsome

Kim tells a horror story to Tai Po, which unsettles Handsome and sours his relationship with Kim. The tale adds tension to their evolving dynamics within the group.

Tai Po's home
6

Starhub challenge ad and team pairing

While watching television, they come across an advertisement for a Starhub soccer challenge offering World Cup Finals tickets. Vernon suggests they enter by contacting his old soccer mates, and Tai Po reveals his pairing with Handsome.

Tai Po's home / living room
7

Registration and coaching

Vernon registers a team into the competition and meets Eugene, who becomes their coach but is as bad at soccer as the team. Tai Po tries to recruit Toh for a trial, but Toh thinks Tai Po is challenging him to a fight.

Registration desk / local scene
8

Brazilian talent joins the squad

Vernon and Tai Po locate two Brazilian soccer experts, Adriano and Vernato, after they are robbed at the construction site. They recruit both Brazilians into the team and also bring in Toh as the goalkeeper.

Construction site
9

Durians' rough start and Sammy's reveal

The Durians face tough matches, including a bout with a female team and the Kosmos, Sonny's company team. A drunken field cleaner who laughs at them is revealed to be Sammy, adding a surprising twist to the team’s fortunes.

Soccer field
10

KTV pub memories and Handsome's anger

At a KTV pub, Handsome remembers Gwen and tears up while trying to confess his love. He is later beaten up while attempting to save Kim, revealing his ongoing anger management problems. Kim counsels him and begins to chart her own path.

KTV pub
11

Gavin's party and Gwen's departure

In Gavin's party, he is shown to keep a Barbie doll, illustrating his extreme sadism. Gwen resigns as Kosmos manager, criticizing Sonny, and Sonny's harshness toward Tai Po becomes more evident.

Gavin's party
12

Finals looming: Sammy's hospital stay

The finals approach brings tension to the group. Sammy is admitted to hospital for liver failure, and Tai Po faces mounting bills and reduced salary. Sonny offers 10,000 to the team on the condition that they do not play the next day, or risk being fired.

before the final Hospital / Sonny's office
13

Crossroads and resolve

The Durians gather to decide their future; they consider giving up, but Eugene scolds them for being shallow and urges perseverance. Sammy reminds Tai Po that he was a talented youth player and that his fears are unfounded.

Meeting scene with Eugene
14

Final match: comeback and victory

Most of the Durians' roster is missing at the start, but Tai Po, Baka, and Toh return Sonny's money and rejoin the squad. Adriano and Vernato arrive with cheering construction workers to bolster the ranks, and Sammy sneaks out of the hospital to watch. Tai Po scores the decisive goal after Gavin is restrained, giving the Durians a dramatic victory.

final Soccer field
15

New life after the win

The team forms a mobile phone shop, and Kim and Handsome are married. Tai Po takes his kids on a holiday and becomes more secure financially. Vernon pursues a singing career in Las Vegas, while Sammy becomes a full-time soccer coach with Eugene and signs autographs for fans as the film ends.

Mobile phone shop / Las Vegas

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