| Football Ads/Commercials |
Nike Good vs Evil - features Ronaldo, Wright , Maldini, Figo, Rui Costa, Cantona, Campos, Kluivert, and either Brolin or some silly-looking Yank depending on what version you are watching. Absolutely magnificent advertisement putting a twist to the book of Revelations in the Bible. The full uncensored version is very violent and very cool. Au Revoir. 5 stars. |
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| The Mission - featuring Davids, Totti, Nakata, Bierhoff, Yorke & Cole, Guardiola, Thuram, and Louis van Gaal, on a mission to retrieve a new "rounder ball". Very cinematic, the ad is directed like an action movie and even inspired a Playstation video game. It flopped. 5 stars. |
| Brazil Airport Ad - released prior to France '98, this quality ad (put together by legendary Hong Kong Action film director John Woo) features Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romario (who sadly missed out on the tournament), Denilson, and other obscure squad players from Brazil world cup 22. You can see Woo's touches of class in the slow-motion bits, as well as the glaring bright light coming from the airport windows. Pity that France kicked their arses in the Final. 5 stars. |
| Scorpion Secret Tournament [ The Cage ]- features heaps of top players, including Vieira, Henry, Ronaldo, van Nistelrooy, Roberto Carlos, Figo, et al in a secret 3 on 3 tournament held in "the cage". Pity though that many of these top players aren't actually in the ad and are instead represented by body doubles. I will actually say that this ad isn't as good as the other ones, as I feel the Elvis music in the background does not really match the style or the theme. For the enthusiasts, I recommend downloading the ad from www.nikefootball.com and playing something by The Prodigy for example and see how extra cool it would have been. 4*1/2 stars. |
| Scorpion Rematch - more lighthearted than the original Scorpion ad, featuring the finalists from the previous ad having a rematch obviously. As Cantona puts it, "This time, first to one hundred wins". Titi Henry features quite prominently as does Roberto Carlos, whereas the other players Ronaldo, Figo, Nakata and Totti only can be seen for a few seconds, or else its their body doubles. Good Ad nonetheless. 4 Stars Home Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 |
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