Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.
Directed by Barry Skolnick
prison
sports
prison warden
amateur football (soccer)
remake
football (soccer)
football (soccer) coach
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
Vinnie Jones
Danny Meehan
David Kelly
Doc
David Hemmings
Governor
Ralph Brown
Burton
Vas Blackwood
Massive
Robbie Gee
Trojan
Geoff Bell
Ratchett
John Forgeham
Sykes
Sally Phillips
Tracey
Danny Dyer
Billy the Limpet
Jason Flemyng
Bob Likely
Jason Statham
Monk
Crew
John Murphy
Original Music Composer
Eddie Hamilton
Editor
Guy Ritchie
Executive Producer
Albert S. Ruddy
Executive Producer
Matthew Vaughn
Producer
Russell De Rozario
Production Design
Simon Hayes
Sound Mixer
Albert S. Ruddy
Original Film Writer
Popular Reviews
65 reviews
Ella
7.0★ · 03/20/26
The movie was pretty decent up until the match, the match was amazing.
The movie was pretty decent up until the match, the match was amazing.
caitlin
7.0★ · 02/15/26
prison team plays better than villa some weeks
prison team plays better than villa some weeks
Nadine
7.0★ · 01/15/26
This era of British films is very nostalgic to me
This era of British films is very nostalgic to me
Theo Lovett
7.0★ · 11/12/25
You add Stephen Graham to this and you have the most British cast of all time.
You add Stephen Graham to this and you have the most British cast of all time.
Littlekabouter
10.0★ · 06/03/25
Absolutely hilarious, i’ve never laughed at much movies but this was so funny and i couldn’t stop laughing. This is definitely the most funniest movie i’ve ever seen.
Absolutely hilarious, i’ve never laughed at much movies but this was so funny and i couldn’t stop laughing. This is definitely the most funniest movie i’ve ever seen.
