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.
Mean Machine has generally received positive reviews.
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Mean Machine was released in 2001 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 389 reviews, giving Mean Machine (2001) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 51%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Mean Machine than critics were.
With a score of 64%, Mean Machine is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Wasabi, Rat Race and Bandits.
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