Mean Machine

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