# Mean Machine - Die Kampfmaschine (2001)

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**Original title**: *Mean Machine*
**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Barry Skolnick
**Written by**: Andrew Day, Charlie Fletcher, Chris Baker
**Starring**: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood, Robbie Gee

> *It's Not Just About Football, It's About Pride Inside!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: cozy, raw, unhinged

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