Mean Machine
Dir: Barry Skolnick
2002
*
Barry Skolnick's 2002 Mean Machine is a cross between The Longest yard (the film it's based on) and Escape to Victory (without the escape or the Nazis). Its awful. I couldn't stop laughing at the dodgy set. Skolnick gets carried away with the editing and repeats the same shots too much and although its got a likable cast, none of them can act very well (apart from the wasted David Kelly & David Hemmings) and the mix of 'Drama' and 'Comedy' is poorly executed. It makes the British film industry look amateurish and quite frankly it's an embarrassment.