Mean Machine

Bit of a nothing film. Was neither one thing or the other. Not brutal enough to be a brutal film and not funny enough to be a funny film.

Lousy prison film but some nice bits of football/hooliganism filmmaking. But this should be about Monk (the arrogant and psycho keeper) instead.

Mean Machine is a certain guilty pleasure of mine. There's no doubting the array of problems with this film. It's a poor remake, it's a completely unoriginal sports story, tonally it's all over the place and it's filled with cliches throughout. But as a fan of the characters from British films like Lock, Stock & Snatch, I just enjoy this group of familiar faces. Most of the acting is much to be desired, but Jason Statham in particular is hilarious as the Monk and the final match is great fun.

It's never great at anything but it has it's moments. I played goalie in high school and Statham was living out our wildest dreams.

Great dialogue!

the banter is too funny

Probably gets by on the charm of its cast, Jones again confirming that he was a better character than professional footballer. Features some likeable turns by the likes of Statham, Hemmings, Brown and Gee. It's a shame the actual football game at the end doesn't really flow properly, and as a whole the film is a bit slight (Scum it isn't), but this was a reasonably entertaining diversion. Bonus points for Sally Phillips.

Despite some genuine wit, this crowd pleaser is filled with too many cliches.

It's a pretty good movie but it just can't compare to the original Burt Reynold film. It was nice to see it done with Football "soccer" instead of American Football but that aside I guess it just comes don to how much you like British comedies (which I generally don't). Watch the original then watch this, it's much better then the American Adam Sandler remake.

69.000

Futbol, hapishane, sike (The longest yard'in ingiliz versiyonu, amerikan futbolu yerine futbol var. eh iste...)

Thought it was a mess. Never decides what it wants to be and it escaped my memory much faster than expected.

Vinnie! You used to be the hardest man in football, you bloody sell out tosser!

How many times are they going to rehash this story.

Oh heavily dear. Jones cannot act, not even a little bit.

By-the-numbers soccer remake of The Longest Yard that succeeds on the strength of the cast.

I loved this movie, but seen it too many times..

Good shit. Better than the American one.

My love of football (when it's entertaining) and everything British leads me to perhaps like this more than I should. It's pretty good in many aspects though, if a bit cliche.. Far, far better than The Longest Yard from 2005, anyway. Always liked Vinnie Jones, too.

Pretty good remake with an appealing cast.

good, one of the better prison-football-self-discovery movies.

British comeides usually ROCK...this one is a good example

I wanted to like this, but it wasn't that great. The final game was fantastic, but not worth sitting through the first half to get to.

Adam Sandler destroys another movie by playing Adam Sandler. And even *that* is one-dimensional. If you must, rent the original.

A good remake of "The Longest Yard".

I really like it, way better the the original version of The Longest Yard and it's fun

Pretty awesome :)

Way better than I was expecting. A fun but forgettable footie movie.