Mean Machine
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- Synopsis
- The classic Burt Reynolds football-behind-bars flick The Longest Yard crosses the pond and gets an appropriate British accent in the process in this rough-and-tumble mixture of sports and action-comedy....
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- Starring
- Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Vas Blackwood
- Director(s)
- Barry Skolnick
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min.
Critic Reviews
Guy Ritchie, who started out as such an innovator in "Lock, Stock, etc.," seems to have headed directly for reliable generic conventions as a producer. But they are reliable, and have become conventions for a reason: They work. Mean Machine is what it is, and very nicely, too.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
More machine than mean, although it's anything but a smoothly running operation.Read the full review
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