Product Description

Goal II: Living The Dream continues the dramatic and exciting journey of Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker), a small town kid who continues to live his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. When he is traded to Real Madrid and must deal with the trials and triumphs of playing on one of soccer s biggest stages. Also starring Rutger Hauer, Anna Friel and featuring exciting action footage with some of soccer s biggest stars including David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8276 in DVD
• Brand: GENIUS PRODUCTS INC
• Released on: 2009-03-17
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 115 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great Movie
I have had this disc since I bought a multi-lingual Region 1/4 disc from Amazon. Great film, continuing the journey of Santiago Nunez as a both a person and professional footballer. We get to see more of his backstory and more of his family story than in the first one. Why this film wasn't released when David Beckham set foot in LA to play with Galaxy is beyond me..can't wait for Goal III.

Not Living the Dream!
After seeing Goal I, bought and watched II with my 10 year old grandson. (I should say partially watched). Sensuality and heavy drinking more like watching a soap opera. Disappointing!! If a Goal III comes out, I won't waste my money! So nice if it could have had a more family friendly clean storey line - and more SOCCER!

Rags to riches
For anyone who has seen the movie "Goal: The Dream Begins", this film is a natural progression. Most of the protagonists are the same, except that nature of their relationship changes drastically. For fans of the soccer sport, this movie is a treat because many of the scenes are done on the soccer field where professionals showcase their soccer talent.

Main character Santiago has made it to the big league. He is "in" with the boys playing professional soccer, making lots of money. He still has the same girlfriend, his Newcastle little nurse who is the grounding force in their relatonship. But Santiago has turned into caricature. He now wears expensive watch and sunglasses, has huge diamond earrings and fancy car and a house. We do not see what, if anything he has done (financially or otherwise) for his aging grandmother and little brother who lived in US on the verge of poverty while Santiago is playing professional soccer in Madrid, Spain.

Santiago is living a dream he alsways wanted, but that comes at a steep price. His relationship with his father was never fully repaired, and his father dies from heart attack. Santiago's manager knows well that luck is short lived and in addition to managing Santiago's career, he still keeps his mechanic shop. Santiago's colleagues and fighting to keep their place in the league and hide their signs of aging. Then, his mother and half-brother appear out of no where and that rocks his world.

I was disappointed about part 2. I expected more. But if you like soccer and want to follow up on the story this film is must see. I understand they are preparing "Goal 3" which will probably be titled "The end of the Dream" . One can already see that Santiago is not street smart enough to take care of his career, his health and relaitonship with people he cares about. I can already see that his dream will be over quick, faster than it started and he will fall into caring hands of his girlfriend, mother, grandmother and his talent agent. Perhaps he will even become a mechanic and find some way to earn his living for the rest of his life.