MOVIE REVIEW: Goal! 2: Living the Dream (2007)

 Goal! 2: Living the Dream

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Goal! 2 PosterI would say that this movie is the paramount of all footy movies. For those who enjoyed the first part of the trilogy, Santiago Muñez’s (Kuno Becker) continuing adventure in superstardom will eventually leave fans on their edge of the seat for the third installment.

The story starts in the final days of 2005’s summer transfer market. The Newcastle rising star, Muñez, is set to follow his former team-mate, Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola), to join the world’s most extravagant squad of Real Madrid in a transfer swap deal for Michael Owen! And from that particular point the story just writes it self…

The mixture of the locker-room drama, personal problems, over the edge life style of international superstars and unearthing long lost family members were just the perfect ingredients for a good paced action-drama sport movie.

Although many stars in the likes of Zidane, Guti, Raul, Casillas and Ronaldo all made a somewhat significant screen time, one Galactico who get all the attention is (unsurprisingly) David Beckham, the grand daddy of movie cameos.

The cream of the crop of this movie would be the seamless integration of Muñez’s and Harris’ on-field participation with real life football matches. My jaw dropped in awe when Muñez scored a winning goal with a magnificent volley from a deflected Beckham’s corner against Rivaldo’s Olympiakos in the UEFA Champions League opening match. Little that I know that it was only the tip of the ice berg…

This is one of few movies that you should see sans girlfriend.

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Released: February 9, 2007 (UK),  September 14, 2007 (US)

Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra

Starring: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela

8 Responses to MOVIE REVIEW: Goal! 2: Living the Dream (2007)

  1. Ridwan IF99 berkata:

    Gw sih duganya, bakal ada Goal 3, dengan starring Munez, Harris dan Beckam membawa timnas Inggris juara Dunia…yaa kalo ga sih juara Eropa ^^

    Apakah Munez bakal ganti kewarganegaraan? Bagaimana hubungannya dengan mantan pacarnya? Dengan mantan managernya? Pasti di sekuel berikutnya..

    Ya ga?

  2. elzafir berkata:

    sekarang udah dipastikan, goal 3 bakal di buat. dan dirilis akhir taun ini ato gak taun depan.

    settingnya tentu saja World Cup Germany 2006….

    dan munez, sesuai kebangsaannya, bakal ngebela Mexico…
    beckham ama harris pastinya bela inggris….

    can’t wait!!!!!

    (kebaca nih finalnya mexico vs prancis hehe)

  3. Ridwan IF99 berkata:

    Hahahahaha mexico-prancis ^^
    Gw pikir elo bakal bilang mexico-inggris ^^

  4. elzafir berkata:

    soalnya dia ngikutin ceritanya men (biasanya).
    waktu champions league kan harusnya arsenal v barca, tapi jadinya malah arsenal v madrid, kan?

  5. Ridwan IF99 berkata:

    Ooooo hmm…berarti ntar mexico lawan inggris di semi-final kali ya? 😀
    Trus mexico menang n melawan perancis di final. Kalau butuh pemain2 mexico kan gampang. Di amerika kan banyak tuh orang2 imigran mexico ^^

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  7. Don Zafir berkata:

    Haarghhh.
    Kecewa berat gua sama Goal 3!!!!

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