The first Goal movie brought plenty of cheers to football fans, who celebrated the coming of a decent movie about the beloved Beautiful Game. And Goal 2 didn't disappoint.
The story of Santiago continues in this UK-Spain-Germany production, with the stage moving from England to Spain. With the first movie centered on the domestic football league following Newcastle's season, the sequel brings us to the Spanish La Liga, and firmly the spotlight of matches put on Europe's Champions League games.
In a player swap deal with Michael Owen, we see Munez head to Real Madrid, in
probably almost every footballer's dream to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. And of course with hard nosed coach Rudi Van Der Merwe (Rutger Hauer) at the helm, our new recruit has to prove his worth before being handed some first team duties. But good friend and ex-Newcastle player Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola) is on hand at the club (reference the first movie shall we) to provide Munez some action, especially when Harris is running afoul with Rudi for his lost form.Munez lives the dream in material wealth, although this starts to get into his head and takes a toil with his relationships, especially with girlfriend Roz (Anna Friel). What I thought slowed the movie down further, was the injection of Munez's typical stepbrother brat from hell, and mother, who were conspicuously absent in the first movie, then reintroduced here just to amplify the moments that try to touch the heart (like in the first movie with the dad and grandmother), but one without which I feel would not make much of a difference. Couple this family reunion-reconciliation of sorts, together with his struggles with injury and attempts to shake off the "super-sub" tag, Munez has his hands full.
And for Arsenal fans, while it's a blast to see the team featured in this movie, and the likes of Jose Antonio Reyes (who incidentally played for Real Madrid few weeks ago and created then scored 2 crucial goals in their final league game to hand them the La Liga title), Robert Pires and a fictional TJ featured alongside Captain Thierry Henry, the result is blasphemous.
So the scoreline at the end, well, it's actually living in the dream. 3-2 Real Madrid clinching the UEFA Champions League. Lets hope the third of the trilogy brings us more happiness.
My Rating : **
Genre : Drama/Sport
Director : Juame Collete-Serra
Cast : Kuno Becker, Alessandro Novola, Anna Friel, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Dillane
1 comment:
Goal II is really good movie and is gift for those who are football fans.I enjoyed this movie and Hope you to enjoy it.I had great fun watching this movie.Watch this movie.
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