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Mean Machine
Comedy, Drama
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy rough-edged underdog sports stories where camaraderie and defiance gradually overcome shame and institutional cruelty.
- Tone
- darkly comic, uplifting, tense
- Payoff
- amusement, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- redemption, teamwork, institutional abuse, leadership, second chances
- Setting
- contemporary, high-security prison and enclosed sports grounds
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