Not only does he remake Robert Aldrich's classic American prison film "The Mean Machine" (aka "The Longest Yard") as a British comedy, but he puts Vinnie Jones in the lead role and dumbs down ...

Fans of Robert Aldrich's movies have always been divided over "The Mean Machine" (aka "The Longest Yard"). Is it the fruition of the director's cynical promise - as evidenced in films like "Kiss Me ...

Football. It's a funny old game, apparently - full of unbelievable comebacks and last-minute reprieves. Not unlike Vinnie Jones' movie career. After his truly awful turn in Swordfish, it seemed that ...

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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' ...

If Hollywood gave an Oscar for barefaced cheek, first-time director Barry Skolnick would beat allcomers. Not only does he remake Robert Aldrich's classic American prison film "The Mean Machine" (aka ...