Football movie meets The Great Escape

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2004)

*** MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS *** I loved this film as a kid. Football was and still is a major part of my life, as is movies. Also I was a huge Stallone fan after the Rocky movies came out and was intrigued to see such a huge american star in a football movie! Also Pele was in it too! one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen, in my opinion the second greatest after Diego Maradona. Michcael Caine appears too as the most unconvincing footballer ever and the rest is filled out by real footballers, actually Ipswich Towns early 80's team fact fans, including Scotlands John Wark who has one line in the movie and they dubbed it! There is a lot of fun to be made from watching this film, I still hold a place in my heart for it, what other WWII film has people wearing white trainers and flares whilst sporting long 70's haircuts I ask you? Classic so bad its good movie *** 7/10 ***