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:

friendship | car theft | paparazzo | car crash | raised middle finger | 

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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:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gol 2

Filming Locations:

Trondheim, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£326,807 (United Kingdom), 11 February 2007, Limited Release

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

In the scene before the champions league final,one of the seats in the changing rooms has Michael Owen's name and number.However,Owen had been sold to Newcastle at the beginning of the film in exchange for Santi

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Goofs

There's no explanation of how Santi's little step-brother knew in which bar Santiago and the Real Madrid players were hanging out, or how he managed to get the keys of the Lamborghini, get into it and drive it out of the parking lot.

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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

Followed by Goal! III (2009)

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Soundtracks

NO TOMORROW
Performed by Orson

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