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 | Naked Man | Sequel Mentioned During End Credits | Child Driving Car | Number In Title

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:13 | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Milkshake Films

Trivia:

The real Champions League Final Game was Arsenal vs. Barcelona with Barcelona winning 2-1. Real Madrid lost to Arsenal in the first knock-out round with a 1-0 overall score in both legs.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Word "LJUMBERG" On the back of the Arsenal shirt is reversed.

Quotes:

Announcer: Cometh the moment, cometh the man.

Movie Connections:

Features Goal! (2005)

Soundtrack:

LA CAMISA NEGRA

Expectation levels too high!

I couldn't wait for this to hit the big screen but to my disappointment, the film wasn't half as good as i had expected. After seeing the first i didn't know when the super subs dream was going to end, but at Real Madrid with superstars surrounding him, i thought i was in for a treat. But to my mistake, the storyline steers of course of the footballing world bringing in a twist of family life which was almost suddenly killed of by the stress of which football brings. Every little boy's dream is to play football at a professional level but this film gives us an inside view as to what goes on off the pitch and in my opinion doesn't have enough twists in the story. As i'm a football fanatic i loved the matches they played and the 3-2 comeback in the Champions League final was amazing but so predictable. Overall i feel the film was a failure but is still worth watching so that there is some hope that GOAL III can impress and revive the disappointment of GOAL II. Daniel Bryson