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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Mean Machine was the first of two remakes of The Longest Yard Paramount made in quick succession on either side of the Atlantic. This is the one with Vinnie Jones banged up in David Hemmings' British prison and forced to coach a convicts' team against the brutal guards in what will become a grudge match, but it's no classic. There are few laughs and no surprises, unless you count how just how utterly unconvincing Jones looks on the pitch, and as a star vehicle it's crippled by the star's limitations but still, it gets an extra point for repeatedly kicking Danny Dyer in the nuts. It's watchable, but there are plenty of better films out there you could be watching instead.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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If you're in the mood for mindless entertainment that will make you laugh spontaneously and not require indepth thinking for hidden meanings, then this is film to watch. Totally switched off from daily life and had a really good laugh. The match at the end is brilliantly funny - especially the commentators Bob and Bob. Up there with Snatch, Lock Stock and Sexy Beast.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Remakes tend to be a way of getting a film using little creativity as it's all been figured out before. However - this is different. The fact that this is a British film means that the cultural references and the feel of it are totally and refreshingly different.
BUT - I've had to remove a star for this film purely due to the fact that it is crammed with every prison film cliché going.
The screws are racist and are hell-bent on dealing out brutal thrashings to cons on a whim.
The Governor is as bent as a bottle of crisps and uses his corruption to get what he wants, he threatens his staff with losing their jobs, and he threatens to stitch up cons.
There is a mafia-boss style con who 'runs the nick'.
There is even a ball-against-the-wall scene a-la The Great Escape.
Vinnie Jones was adequate as Danny Meehan, and the other cast are all great. Particularly the hyper salivating canteen guy, and Ralph Brown as Burton.
Burton is the Senior Prison officer and is not happy at the corruption in the prison. I found him to be my favourite character in the film as he had more depth than the others - plus Brown is one of my all time favourite actors.
You get the feeling that this film was made to surf the crest of the Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels wave. It's not a bad film, it's just that everything you expect to happen, happens. There are some very funny moments, and this would be a fantastic film for a lads night in - you've got prisons, violence, and football.
Maybe it's because I'm not a football fan, and my dad was a prison officer that I just don't get excited by the 'all police/prison officers are inherently evil' plot of a lot of films.
BUT - I've had to remove a star for this film purely due to the fact that it is crammed with every prison film cliché going.
The screws are racist and are hell-bent on dealing out brutal thrashings to cons on a whim.
The Governor is as bent as a bottle of crisps and uses his corruption to get what he wants, he threatens his staff with losing their jobs, and he threatens to stitch up cons.
There is a mafia-boss style con who 'runs the nick'.
There is even a ball-against-the-wall scene a-la The Great Escape.
Vinnie Jones was adequate as Danny Meehan, and the other cast are all great. Particularly the hyper salivating canteen guy, and Ralph Brown as Burton.
Burton is the Senior Prison officer and is not happy at the corruption in the prison. I found him to be my favourite character in the film as he had more depth than the others - plus Brown is one of my all time favourite actors.
You get the feeling that this film was made to surf the crest of the Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels wave. It's not a bad film, it's just that everything you expect to happen, happens. There are some very funny moments, and this would be a fantastic film for a lads night in - you've got prisons, violence, and football.
Maybe it's because I'm not a football fan, and my dad was a prison officer that I just don't get excited by the 'all police/prison officers are inherently evil' plot of a lot of films.
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Mean machine
I remembered watching this film years ago and recently saw it again on film 4. Its a fab film that you can sit and watch and not have to struggle to remember the plot. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr Jonathan Holland
1-0 to the Mean Machine.
Mean Machine is an English reworking of Robert Aldrich's 1974 beefcake Burt Reynolds starrer, The Longest Yard. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Spike Owen
You Have BEEN WARNED
Guy Ritchie used Vinnie Jones in `Lock, Stock, etc', `Snatch' and now, as producer, he's given him his first proper starring role in `Mean Machine'. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by P. Frizelle
Not much cop
Poor old Robert Aldrich - what did he ever do to deserve all these lousy remakes. The recent version of `Flight of the Phoenix' is utterly dreadful and this isn't that much... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by A. Willard
brilliant
this film is absolutely brilliant, its been out for 5 years or so and i still find it as good as the first time i watched it, vinnie jones playes a good part in this film, but i... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2008 by C. Stevens
Utter Guff
Ridiculous, un-funny, effluent drivel.
If only other Vinnie Jones movies were this good.
If only other Vinnie Jones movies were this good.
Published on 14 Mar 2008 by C. N. Sandford
Bloody Funny!
Having watched the old Burt Reynolds movie of the same name, I watched this one with some trepidation... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2006 by D. G. Parrott
Funny film thats worth watching
I was glad when I saw this movie that it relies more on humour than football. Vinnie plays his character well not playing the usual hard case, a good thing, and Jason as the... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2005 by Kenneth R. Bowie
If a girl can like this football film, it must be good!
I thought this film was fantastic. A really strong cast, full of characters. I thought Vinny Jones was especially good, funny with some sensitive moments and displaying some great... Read more
Published on 18 May 2005 by Anthea Audrey Charlotte Jack
I prefer 'The Longest Yard'
Burt Reynold's 'The Longest Yard',on which this is based may have been dumb but it had Reynold's charm to carry it. Read more
Published on 19 May 2003 by marwood
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