Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers:

Mike Jefferies (screenplay)
Mike Jefferies (story) ...

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

The Journey Continues...

Plot:

After gaining experience with the football club Newcastle United, Santiago Munez (Becker) gets a huge break when he's transferred to Real Madrid. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Child Driving Car | Sequel Mentioned During End Credits | Naked Man | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Kuno Becker	...	Santiago Muñez
Stephen Dillane	...	Glen Foy
Anna Friel	...	Roz Harmison
Leonor Varela	...	Jordana Garcia
Elizabeth Peña	...	Rosa Maria
Carmelo Gómez	...	Burruchaga
Miriam Colon	...	Mercedes
Frances Barber	...	Carol Harmison
William Beck	...	Steve Parr
Kieran O'Brien	...	Hughie McGowan
Sean Pertwee	...	Barry Rankin
Rutger Hauer	...	Rudi van der Merwe
Alessandro Nivola	...	Gavin Harris
Iker Casillas	...	Himself
Iván Helguera	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Milkshake Films

Trivia:

The Champions League Final Game, played against Arsenal, is actually the first knockout round, when Arsenal won 0-1, Henry scores the goal we saw in the movie

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A Nike tick on the Arsenal shirt is clearly a reversed tick.

Quotes:

Announcer: Cometh the moment, cometh the man.

Movie Connections:

Features Goal! (2005)

Soundtrack:

TURNING JAPANESE

Big step back

I loved the first Goal!. I found it to be the best football movie since Victory,and was glad to know that it would be followed by 2 sequels that will take our Mexican Pele to Real Madrid to play Champion's league final and then to the world cup. Sorry to say,or write,and sorry for myself,this one is a step back,a big one.The only part that isn't worse in this one is Alessandro Nivola,the guy knows what he is doing and does it good.For everything else...hmmm.. First-the script is rather clumsy,making our "hero" deal with such problems as meeting his mother that left him when he was a kid,dealing with a jealous girlfriend,an injury,loss of a friend and an agent....and in a mix of all this he does actually play for Real Madrid and meets Becks,Raul,Roberto Carlos....almost like that isn't the most important thing here and the reason why me and lot of other people want to see this in a first place. The chosen director wasn't the happiest choice because the guy has serious problems with pacing and working with actors like he has already showed in his debut,the 2005 remake of Hause of Wax.I saw that a third Goal! will be directed by Michael Apted and that is a good news,at least I hope so. Well it's not all bad,after all there are so few football movies these days(unlike boxing or American football)that I cherish even a flawed one like this and will definitely check out the third Goal! once it's out.