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Summary: a classic
Review: This video is so great. It shows the hardships of life in pow camps, and the storyline is just so great! I also get goosebumps every time I see the Pele move!
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Summary: Best Football/WW2 movie ever made
Review: Victory is about a team of allied soldiers being made to play a Football match against the German National team during the Second World War.Leading the Allied team is Michael Caine and the players in his squad include none other than The Magnificent Pele and The Legendary Real Life England Captain Bobby Moore.Slyvester Stallone also plays an American who wants to escape using the game as cover but because he cant play Football they put him in goal(and break the real Keepers arm)
The Film is pretty poor and there are some very bad mistakes such as the French fans running on the pitch at the end wearing flares.But it is worth watching for a few reasons though.1, Michael Caine and Slyvestor Stallone playing Football. 2, Two of the Greatest players ever to play the game(Bobby Moore and Pele)playing Football in a film. 3,Ossie Ardiles overhead flick in slow motion.
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Summary: Victory...A Winning Actioneer War/Sports Movie!!
Review: VICTORY is notable for the fact that it was directed by the great John Huston (TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE) and stars an international cast with Sylvestor Stallone, Micheal Caine, Max von Sydow (THE EXORCIST), and Pele(N.Y. COSMOS). Upon it's initial release, soccer had become a popular international sport, but war movies were on the decline. Therefore, the movie became a box office obscurity and a forgettable gem. It was probably seen by hardcore soccer fans or devoted war moviegoers. A German officer Major Steiner (Max von Sydow) visits a POW camp, sees some prisoners playing football(soccer) under the coaching of British Captain Colby (Micheal Caine), and gets the idea to stage a match between the allied POW's and a German all-star team. Steiner wants to see the game played for the love of the sport, but when word reaches the Nazi Intelligence, they look at it as a political opportunity to show off the master race. At the same time, Colby sees it as a chance to get some of the prisoners some proper food and clothing, but when word reaches the camp officers in charge of escape activities, they see it as a chance to mastermind an elaborate escape plan. This was a clever plot device in the story. Colby then assembles an international team including Stallone(Hatch), Pele(Fernandez), and other allied players. These roles were filled with other international soccer players of the 70's. The Stallone character is cleverly written is as an American only familiar with American football. He is chosen to be the goalie because he was a wide-receiver and good at catching a ball. The movie moves between some suspense (when Stallone must contact the French Resistance Underground) to sports movie when the soccer game is played between the Nazis and the Allies. There is somewhat of an implausible sequence when the allies have a chance to escape during halftime. From a scene lifted from KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL-AMERICAN (with Pele) crossed with a scene from THE GREAT ESCAPE, they decide to go back and play the Germans because they feel they can win the game. However, it makes for a great climax for the movie because even Steiner (von Sydow) stands up and cheers for the allies with a look of disgust coming from his fellow German Officers and Nazis. Overall, an entertaining, yet forgotten film with a pretty well filmed soccer match. One of Stallone's best roles in a supporting performance including a thrilling scene of him blocking a free kick in the game againts the Germans.
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Summary: I do this, this, this goal! Simple
Review: What a cast of characters. Pele, Stallone, Caine, van Sydow,and a number of other international football stars. Some of the soccer scenes are pure poetry along with some alright acting. But don't get it twisted, it's the final match that holds this film up as a football classic. The drama builds to a razors edge as the players forgo their one chance of escaping to finish the match of their lives knowing that the freedom they so desperately crave will be sacrificed if they do so. Anyone, and I mean anyone who plays soccer and needs some inspiration this is your flick. A must see!
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