Managed to catch the third installment of this football trilogy *Beware of Spoilers!* in what was supposed to be the continuing pilgrimage of young Santiago "Santi" Munez... it really isn't.
In many ways, this straight to DVD release is a major disappointment from the quality of the fictitious pitch scenes to the soap opera style plot and simply fails to get off the starting block. Santi has regressed to being a supporting character and not even the most prominent one at that!
Here's the spoiler, and I mean it in every sense of the word. The young Mexican boy whose rise from Newscastle to Real Madrid FC was featured in the earlier installments doesn't even get to play in the World Cup. This movie could have been called "Box" and no one would have missed a thing! Perhaps the real person with the aneurysm is the producer rather than the fictional character of Charlie Braithwaite.
Redeeming grace comes in the form of a lovely Kasia Smutniak (pix) who gave a believable performance as Charlie's love interest.
Overall: I recommend watching a rerun of the earlier 2 releases. At least there were more off the pitch scenes involving real life soccer stars.
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