Mean Machine (2001)
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 37
Despite some genuine wit, this crowd pleaser is filled with too many cliches.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 12
Despite some genuine wit, this crowd pleaser is filled with too many cliches.
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The classic Burt Reynolds football-behind-bars flick The Longest Yard crosses the pond and gets an appropriate British accent in the process in this rough-and-tumble mixture of sports and action-comedy. Danny Mehan (Vinnie Jones) was one of the biggest stars in British football (what Americans call soccer), until he was caught rigging a game during a championship tournament. In the wake of this scandal, Danny's career takes a nosedive and his life spins out of control, until he finally ends up
Cast
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Vinnie Jones
Danny Meehan -
Jason Statham
Monk -
David Kelly
Doc -
David Hemmings
Prison Governor -
Vas Blackwood
Massive -
Jason Flemyng
Bob -
Danny Dyer
Billy The Limpet -
Robbie Gee
Trojan -
John Forgeham
Sykes -
Andrew Grainger
Ketch -
Stephen Walters
Nitro -
Omid Djalili
Raj -
Ralph Brown
Burton -
Geoff Bell
Ratchet -
Sally Phillips
Tracey
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All Critics (67) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (37) | DVD (13)
Holds its ground as a mid-budget Hollywood knockoff.
A likably energetic star vehicle for English sports god Vinnie Jones.
It's still a hoot, sports cliches, prison movie cliches and all.
Another incomprehensible trash explosion from the Guy Ritchie school of cinematic slugfests.
It's mildly entertaining, especially if you find comfort in familiarity. But it's hardly a necessary enterprise.
Dramatically lackluster.
By the final whistle you're convinced that this Mean Machine was a decent TV outing that just doesn't have big screen magic.
On its own, it's not very interesting. As a remake, it's a pale imitation.
Some of the acting is average, the direction is below average at times, and the writing is way below average most of the time.
La cinta comienza intentando ser un drama, rápidamente se transforma en una comedia y termina por ser una parodia absolutamente predecible
The whole affair is as predictable as can be.
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Top Critic
This is prison polictics versus Team tactics.
Predictable, yet none the less entertaining