Mean Machine - Die Kampfmaschine

Here's a film that asks if incarceration can rehabilitate a soccer hooligan. Behind bars for assaulting police, Danny "Mean Machine" Meehan organizes inmates into a team to play the guards. It's not quite escape, but the film does stretch credulity.

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Barry Skolnick directed Mean Machine - Die Kampfmaschine in 2001. See Barry Skolnick's full filmography, where to start with Barry Skolnick, or where to go after you've seen everything by Barry Skolnick.

Mean Machine - Die Kampfmaschine was released in 2001 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.