Mean Machine

2001 PG-13 1h 39m

6.3 / 10 624

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6.3/10

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Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

Director Barry Skolnick

Writers

Charlie Fletcher Chris Baker Tracy Keenan Wynn

Stars

Vinnie Jones David Kelly David Hemmings

Comedy Drama

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John Chard 28 Jun 2016

7/10

1-0 to the Mean Machine. Mean Machine is an English reworking of Robert Aldrich's 1974 beefcake Burt Reynolds starrer, The Longest Yard. Substituting Gridiron for Soccer, director Barry Skolnick, along with his roll call of British "faces", is only aiming for one market. That of the footie worshipping clan that primarily resides within the United Kingdom. Very much a long way from competi...