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Mean Machine

Name: Mean Machine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood

Taste attributes: comedydramasportscrimeslowsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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

Boxlist takeA small-scale comedy-drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.2 /10

TMDB · 422 votes

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

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