Mean Machine

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Mean Machine

Promotional poster for Mean Machine
Directed by Barry Skolnick
Produced by Matthew Vaughn
Written by Tracy Keenan Wynn
Charlie Fletcher
Chris Baker
Andrew Day
based on The Longest Yard
by Albert S. Ruddy
Starring Vinnie Jones
Jason Statham
David Kelly
David Hemmings
Music by John Murphy
Cinematography Alex Barber
Editing by Eddie Hamilton
Dayn Williams
Distributed by Paramount Classics (USA)
United International Pictures (Other countries)
Release date(s) December 26, 2001 (UK)
Running time 101 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Mean Machine is a 2001 British comedy/drama film, directed by Barry Skolnick. It stars former Welsh footballer Vinnie Jones. The film is an adaptation of the 1974 American movie The Longest Yard, featuring football (soccer) rather than American football.

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Danny Meehan, a former captain of England's national football team, who was banned for fixing a match between England and Germany, is sentenced to three years in Longmarsh prison after assaulting two police officers while drunk. Once inside, he is promptly beaten by the prison guards for misbehaving, and is subsequently approached by the prison warden. The warden offers Meehan a job as coach of the prison guard's football team. Not wanting to make enemies with the other prisoners, Meehan declines, and instead offers to train a practice team for the guards consisting of other inmates, who will take them on in a match.

Meehan ends up with the resident contraband dealer, Massive, as his right-hand man. He also receives advice from ancient convict, Doc, who teaches Meehan prison lore.

Meehan is then occupied with the task of training up his team of cons, with a violent con named Monk (Jason Statham) as his star player. It is all going well until the warden attempts to blackmail him into throwing the match. At first he puts his own interests before that of the team's, but as the final moments of the game tick down, he redeems himself, and wins the game for the cons. Tagline: Not Your Usual Suspects

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