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Mean Machine

United Kingdom

R
2001-12-26(GB)
▪
Comedy,
Drama
▪ 1h-39m

62^%

User
Score

It's Not Just About Football, It's About Pride Inside!

Overview

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.

Eddie HamiltonEditor
Georgia MastersProducer
Alex BarberDirector of Photography
Guy RitchieExecutive Producer
Cynthia Pett-DanteExecutive Producer
Jenny Lawrence-SmithSet Decoration

Top Billed Cast

Vinnie Jones

Danny Meehan

David Kelly

Doc

David Hemmings

Governor

Ralph Brown

Burton

Vas Blackwood

Massive

Robbie Gee

Trojan

Geoff Bell

Ratchett

John Forgeham

Sykes

Sally Phillips

Tracey

Full Cast & Crew

Social

A review by John Chard

7.0

Written by John Chard on 2024-05-16

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 p...

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