Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

When Newcastle United soccer star Santiago Munez is offered a spot with Real Madrid, he accepts, but the move - accompanied by big money and fame - tests his ties and loyalties to family, friends and business acquaintances.

Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers:

Mike Jefferies (screenplay), Adrian Butchart (screenplay),

Stars:

Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kuno Becker	...	Santiago Muñez
Stephen Dillane	...	Glen Foy
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
Marcus Shultz	...	Jamie
Sean Pertwee	...	Barry Rankin
Rutger Hauer	...	Rudi van der Merwe
Alessandro Nivola	...	Gavin Harris
Iker Casillas	...	Himself
Iván Helguera	...	Himself

Storyline

When Newcastle United soccer star Santiago Munez is offered a spot with Real Madrid, he accepts, but the move - accompanied by big money and fame - tests his ties and loyalties to family, friends and business acquaintances.

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Plot Keywords:

brother brother relationship | friendship | car theft | paparazzo | car crash | 

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Taglines:

The Journey Continues...

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK Spain Germany

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Goal II: Le rêve ultime

Filming Locations:

Trondheim, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£326,807 (UK) (9 February 2007)

Gross:

£800,469 (UK) (16 February 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Milkshake Films, Anola Films S.L., Impala

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

During the 2nd half of the final match Real Madrid is playing with more than 11 players! Images are shown from at least Munez, Gavin Harris, Casillas, Beckham, Guti, Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane, Roberto Carlos, Robinho, Cicinho, Ramos, Baptista, Mejia, Gravesen plus the extras that play along Harris and Munez.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Announcer: What a humiliation. A lot of unhappiness around the Bernabeu tonight, a lot of it directed at Gavin Harris. Came out as a hero, he's being called a donkey tonight.

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Connections

Follows Goal! (2005)

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Soundtracks

AVE MARIA
Performed by Barbara Bonney / Geoffrey Parsons

User Reviews

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