Story Line
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.
“It's Not Just About Football, It's About Pride Inside!”
Top Cast
Vinnie Jones
Danny Meehan
David Kelly
Doc
David Hemmings
Governor
Ralph Brown
Burton
Vas Blackwood
Massive
Robbie Gee
Trojan
Watch Now
Rating
6.3/ 10
Release Date
2001-12-26
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
ComedyDrama
Similar Movies
User Reviews (1)
John Chard
7/10
•6/28/20161-0 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 onl...