Mean Machine [2001] | ![Mean Machine [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E47MN428L._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Barry Skolnick
Actors: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1919
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Arabic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Italian (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 95
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437813930
ASIN: B00005UPNB
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 2002
Release Date: November 18, 2002
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 Bring on the cliches! September 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Bloody Funny! November 7, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having watched the old Burt Reynolds movie of the same name, I watched this one with some trepidation...
I need'nt have worried - This film is very very funny, and Vinnie Jones is absolutely brill as the central character Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan.
Alongside Vinnie, are some solid supporting actors too... the late David Hemmings is particularly good as the corrupt & sleazy Prison Governer of the Prison that Vinnie is sent to. Jason Statham is excellent as the psychotic 'Monk' along with Danny Dyer (of Human Traffic fame) as the endearing 'Billy the Limpet'
This film would never win any oscars - which in my opinion is a great shame - but it is a film that you can watch over and over again, and always laugh yer head off! The humour at times is coarse, and not too PC at times either, not that I was ever PC anyway!
Anyway, if you want to take my advice, get yerself a copy of this film... You won't regret it.
Funny film thats worth watching August 8, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
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 monk....is hilarious. Good comedy.
 If a girl can like this football film, it must be good! May 18, 2005
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
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 football. The rest of the cast were perfectly chosen without exception. The governor, the wardens, the other inmates, each character really shone on screen. A brilliant all-round performance. The football match at the end is immensely enjoyable and commentary is pure genius. If a girl like me (who can't stand/understand) football) can watch and rave about this movie it must have something going for it. Before the other-remake of The Longest Yard comes out I'd watch The Mean Machine first. What can I say? GOAL!
classic humour November 11, 2003
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
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.
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