Mean Machine

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.

Cast

Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

as Danny Meehan

David Kelly

David Kelly

as Doc

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

as Governor

Ralph Brown

Ralph Brown

as Burton

Vas Blackwood

Vas Blackwood

as Massive

Robbie Gee

Robbie Gee

as Trojan

Geoff Bell

Geoff Bell

as Ratchett

John Forgeham

John Forgeham

as Sykes

Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips

as Tracey

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

as Billy the Limpet

Reviews

John Chard

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 wor...

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