A minor-league soccer remake of The Longest Yard.
Mean Machine (2002)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:19
Rotten:37
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: Despite some genuine wit, this crowd pleaser is filled with too many cliches.
Theatrical Release:Feb 22, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: In this remake of THE LONGEST YARD, Robert Aldrich's 1974 Burt Reynolds prison tale concerning inmates who organize themselves into a football team and compete against the guards, British director... In this remake of THE LONGEST YARD, Robert Aldrich's 1974 Burt Reynolds prison tale concerning inmates who organize themselves into a football team and compete against the guards, British director Barry Skolnick pulls together a ruthlessly funny cast and changes the resident sport to soccer. The leader of the prisoners, played by Vinnie Jones (LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS), is a former soccer star who is asked by the warden to coach a team of prison guards. Instead, he offers to put together a team of inmates, who will be able to scrimmage with the guards' team. [More]
Starring: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown
Starring: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood, Robbie Gee, Jason Flemyng
Director: Barry Skolnick
Director: Barry Skolnick
Producer: Matthew Vaughn
Composer: John Murphy
Studio: Paramount Classics
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Reviews for Mean Machine
Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line.
Contains all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow, but scarcely nourishing.
The screenplay makes the best of its source material, and offers us some genuine wit.
It's guaranteed to make you laugh... but whether that's at it or with it is a matter of taste.
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