Film

Mean Machine

2001 · 1h 39m · Comedy · Drama

It's Not Just About Football, It's About Pride Inside!

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Metacritic

45

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

Vinnie Jones

Danny Meehan

David Kelly

Doc

David Hemmings

Governor

Ralph Brown

Burton

Vas Blackwood

Massive

Robbie Gee

Trojan

Geoff Bell

Ratchett

John Forgeham

Sykes

Sally Phillips

Tracey

Danny Dyer

Billy the Limpet

Jason Flemyng

Bob Likely

Jason Statham

Monk

Martin Wimbush

Z

David Reid

Barman

David Cropman

Second Barman

Tim Perrin

Policeman

• Barry SkolnickDirector
• Andrew DayWriter
• Charlie FletcherWriter
• Chris BakerWriter
• Tracy Keenan WynnWriter
• Georgia MastersProducer
• Matthew VaughnProducer
• Guy RitchieExecutive Producer
• Cynthia Pett-DanteExecutive Producer
• Albert S. RuddyExecutive Producer

Mean Machine trailer

Release date

December 26, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,750,000

Revenue

$7,310,206

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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