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02/21/02
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown
Director: Barry Skolnick
Reviews for Mean Machine
Top Critic... Jones, despite a definitely distinctive screen presence, just isn't able to muster for a movie that, its title notwithstanding, should have been a lot nastier if it wanted to fully capitalize on its lead's specific gifts.
02/21/02
With a completely predictable plot, you'll swear that you've seen it all before, even if you've never come within a mile of The Longest Yard.
02/20/02
A minor-league soccer remake of The Longest Yard.
02/19/02
Plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line.
02/16/02
Contains all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow, but scarcely nourishing.
02/15/02
Jones ... does offer a brutal form of charisma.
01/09/02
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