Viewed in
2010
Formats
DVD
Premise
In the sequel to Goal! The Dream Begins, Santiago is transferred to Real Madrid for the Champions League.
Hated
The second half.
Thoughts
As expected, a disappointing sequel.
The best part was the comedy relief between old chums Santiago and Gavin due to Kuno Becker and Alessandro Nivola's chemistry. One visual upgrade was the much improved production value, with over-use of high-speed cameras, CGI, and music-video style camera tricks.
One issue with this movie was that it was harder to root for the protagonists, because everything that needed to be told about Santiago was already in the original. Without that drive to make a team, the movie makers forced obstacles in attempt to create drama. Then it jumped the shark with a car chase. Afterward, I was out, and everything that followed became laughably bad. I'll let you guess if there was a rock ballad over a melodramatic montage.
Another unintentionally funny part was star-studded roster of Real Madrid, with gratuitous shots of David Beckham and Zinédine Zidane. Thankfully they none of them had speaking parts. Even funnier was choosing a team that were vilified by the rest of the world, with players that everyone rooted to fail, and attempting to pass them off as the good guys in the movie.
I liked the original, but stay the eff away from this contrived, stupid, sappy sequel, unless you just like seeing Beckham shirtless.
What I would change
Not bothered making this.
