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  • 2002
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary This British remake of 1974's "The Longest Yard" is set in a rough-and-tumble British prison, where murderers, thieves and assorted madmen are locked away. One inmate is about to lead them all in the ultimate battle of their degenerate lives -- but no one could have guessed it would be a soccer match! (Paramount Classics)

Directed By: Barry Skolnick

Written By: Tracy Keenan Wynn, Charlie Fletcher, Chris Baker, Andrew Day

  • 2002
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 39 m

Mean Machine

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
45
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary This British remake of 1974's "The Longest Yard" is set in a rough-and-tumble British prison, where murderers, thieves and assorted madmen are locked away. One inmate is about to lead them all in the ultimate battle of their degenerate lives -- but no one could have guessed it would be a soccer match! (Paramount Classics)

Directed By: Barry Skolnick

Written By: Tracy Keenan Wynn, Charlie Fletcher, Chris Baker, Andrew Day

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
45
24% Positive
6 Reviews
56% Mixed
14 Reviews
20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 25 Critic Reviews
45
24% Positive
6 Reviews
56% Mixed
14 Reviews
20% Negative
5 Reviews

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88
A likably energetic star vehicle for English sports god Vinnie Jones.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
70
Mean Machine may not have the resonance to linger in the memory affectionately as "The Longest Yard" does, but it plays well, with a fast pace and plenty of punch.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
50
There's just no juice to this thing, merely a bunch of fitfully funny gags and a climactic football match that, under Skolnick's direction, fails to show us why the Europeans find this so exciting.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
50
The surface is rough and profane enough, and the acting sufficiently restrained, to cover the sentimental story with a varnish of gritty realism. But stylish bravado and bad-boy performances don't make the film any less predictable.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
42
After too many ''Full Monty''s, it has come to look like nothing so much as a coy ritual of emasculation.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
38
Barely a chuckle in sight.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
30
Dramatically lackluster.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW

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7.1
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26% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.1
68% Positive
13 Ratings
26% Mixed
5 Ratings
5% Negative
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Production Company Paramount Pictures, The Ruddy Morgan Organization, Brad Grey Pictures, SKA Films
Release Date Feb 22, 2002
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
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Tagline Not Your Usual Suspects
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