Rating of
2.5/4
Mean Machine review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 09/10/13
Definitely for soccer fanatics mixed with spectacular direction which feels like a music video. The film revolves a football star named Danny "The Mean Machine" Meehan (Vinnie Jones) who is jailed for assaulting two officers. Monk (Jason Statham) could have had more screen-time since the character was interesting. The simple plot made the film short and the humor was not as effective. Highlights were the action in the actual game and upbeat soundtrack. Jason Statham was clearly underutilized here and some of the antagonists seemed ridiculous. The drama elemet felt forced to make the game more intense in the conclusion. Mean Machine could have been better with a more solid screenplay and better character development which such a loaded cast.
