Mean Machine

Mean Machine (2001)

  • 34% of critics liked it
    (56 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (37,709 ratings)

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… More

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R,
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Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 22, 2002 Wide
Paramount Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

    Holds its ground as a mid-budget Hollywood knockoff.

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    A likably energetic star vehicle for English sports god Vinnie Jones.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    It's still a hoot, sports cliches, prison movie cliches and all.

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    Another incomprehensible trash explosion from the Guy Ritchie school of cinematic slugfests.

  • Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

    It's mildly entertaining, especially if you find comfort in familiarity. But it's hardly a necessary enterprise.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lady D


    This was a role Footballer turned Actor Vinnie Jones was meant to play. Mean Machine is full of known British faces, perhaps topping the film off with Jason Flemyng's banter and commentary of the game. This is prison polictics versus Team tactics. Predictable, yet none the… More

  • Anthony L


    A cross between The Longest yard and Escape to Victory (Without the escape). Its crap. I couldn't stop laughing at the dodgy set. Skolnick gets carried away with the editing and repeats the same shots too much and although it?s a likable cast, none of them can act very well… More

  • Al S


    A laugh out loud and gritty action-packed good time. A film with an unlikely heart that you wouldnt expect brings out solid entertainment pleasure. Colorful characters, hard hitting action, outragious comedy and a great story. A solid enjoyment that will not let up till the end of… More

  • Film C


    this is a very british film and if you have seen the longest yard its exactly like it but americian style but reli reli gd jason statham is gawjus

  • Khris N


    The Brit humor in this one is tops - the best are the two gaolbirds commentating the 'match' in all its hilarity!! The goal keeper is 'psychotcially' funny!!!

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