VICTORY is the one of the best sports movies ever.

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2005)

Well. . .let's see. A film with Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pele', the New York Cosmos, and some of the greatest soccer players to ever play the game. Oh, and a little known actor named Max Von Sydow. This was a "dream-come-true" film for me because of my love for soccer, history, and politics. This movie was "Hoosiers" in soccer form, "Miracle", but not in a hockey setting, and definitely "Rocky Balboa" playing goalie, except that the enemy was the Vermacht, and not Ivan Drago or Mr. T. I give credit to Director Freddy Fields for cleverly using "then Communist Hungary" as a backdrop for the soccer stadium. I recall Fields stating he wanted Paris to look impoverished, so he used Budapest as the setting. I had the pleasure of showing this film in my 8th grade Social Studies class and they enjoyed it thoroughly. I highly recommend this movie for students of all ages, soccer players, and war buffs.