This shot completely missed the goal!

Rating: 4/10 (3 March 2002)

I love soccer. I love WWII movies, but I didn't like Victory very much at all. Don't get me wrong, it was great to see Pele and the rest of the international cast of soccer (mostly) over-the-hill greats strut their stuff on the big screen. But the plot of "The Great Escape Meets the North American Soccer League" was just flat out so beyond belief it was impossible to just go with the flow. And Stallone's goalkeeping scenes were not well choreographed at all. If I had been that bad a goal keeper, I would have kicked myself off the pitch before my coach ever had the chance to. The worst part of all was my memory of the movie being hyped to the max throughout the 1981 NASL season at he games and in the programs. Then to get the letdown of actually seeing the movie. Soccer deserves much better than this!