Goal III: Taking on the World (2009)

Directed by

Andy Morahan

Genre

drama film, association football film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

12

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 227 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three football players from different clubs prepare to compete together in the 2006 World Cup. The story follows their training and personal lives as they aim for the tournament.

sports dramacompetitionbriefreuniontoned-downunderwhelmingderivativestraightforward

What happens

Goal III: Taking on the World (also known as Goal III) is a 2009 British sports drama film directed by Andy Morahan and written by Mike Jefferies, Piers Ashworth, and Jonathan Ezekiel. The sequel to Goal! (2005) and Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), serves as the third and final installment in the Goal! trilogy. Goal III: Taking on the World stars Kuno Becker, JJ Feild, Leo Gregory, Nick Moran, and Tamer Hassan. In the film, Santiago Muñez (Becker) and his club teammates Liam Adams (Feild) and Charlie Braithwaite (Gregory) prepare for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Aside from Becker, none of the other cast from the predecessors returned, while Santiago himself was reduced to a supporting role. Goal III: Taking on the World was released in the United Kingdom straight to DVD and Blu-ray by Metrodome Distribution on 15 June 2009. The film was negatively received by fans. Goal III: Taking on the World was the only film in the Goal film series to not be distributed by Buena Vista International in the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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