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Not to be confused with "the Mean Machine," the name of Dick Dastardly 's car in the Animated Series Wacky Races . There is also a Japanese all-female rock band named Mean Machine and a bilingual Latino rap band called The Mean Machine .


''Mean Machine'' is a 2001 British Comedy / Drama Film , Directed by Barry Skolnick . It stars former English 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 Officer s 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 as his star player. It is all going well until he faces a problem prior to the game, as the warden attempts to Blackmail Danny.

Tagline: ''Not Your Usual Suspects''


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