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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.
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
Reviews for Mean Machine
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 scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film's characters.
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