A trashy movie

Rating: 1/10 (29 October 2005)

It seems there is the same movie done for America and Europe. The first one is The Longest Yard and he second is Mean Machine. The only difference is the cast and the game. In one is the American football and in the other is the football (or soccer as Americans know it ;) ). The script is identical in both movies down to every little detail. The amazing thing is the 'American football' movie is crap and the second one is quite entertaining. One can wonder why... because in the American version there is all the cheap crap and bad acting I have ever seen. Additionally, we in Romania have a saying like this: 'bad movies take a lot of time to watch'. There was nothing in the world to justify almost two hours for this kind of movie. I don't say Mean Machine is a work of art, but it achieved it's goal, to be funny and enjoyable. And yes, Vinnie Jones really was a footballer and those were real 'tricks'... :))