Directed by Robert Aldrich, who also made the darkest of noirs with the 1955 classic Kiss Me Deadly, the 1974 football movie The Longest Yard was intended foremost as a vehicle for Burt Reynolds' ...

Mean Machine A disgraced soccer star trains a motley bunch of convicts in "Mean Machine," a British makeover of Robert Aldrich's 1974 "The Longest Yard" that's OK entertainment but nothing more. Low ...

When you walk into a movie like Mean Machine – or, for that matter, the original film of which it's an acknowledged remake, The Longest Yard – one should never be expecting too many surprises. After ...

Cast: Vinnie Jones, Warren Mitchell, David Hemmings, Jason Statham, Vas Blackwood, Danny Dyer, Sally Phillips Length: 99 minutes Release: 26th December 2001 Mean Machine is Vinnie Jones's remake of ...

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Well-loved sports movies have been focused on everything from all-American pastimes like football and baseball to downhill skiing and even Jamaican bobsledders. Yet the world’s most popular ...