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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   11,277 votes
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Director:
Barry Skolnick
Writers (WGA):
Tracy Keenan Wynn (earlier screenplay "The Longest Yard")
Charlie Fletcher (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 December 2001 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
Not Your Usual Suspects more
Plot:
A soccer star jailed for assault leads a group of inmates in a match against prison guards. full summary | add synopsis
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(8 articles)
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User Comments:
Need more of these from our British cousins! more (72 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vinnie Jones ... Danny Meehan

David Kelly ... Doc
David Hemmings ... Governor

Ralph Brown ... Burton

Vas Blackwood ... Massive
Robbie Gee ... Trojan
Geoff Bell ... Ratchett
John Forgeham ... Charlie Sykes
Sally Phillips ... Tracey

Danny Dyer ... Billy the Limpet

Jason Flemyng ... Bob Likely

Jason Statham ... Monk
Martin Wimbush ... Z
David Reid ... Barman
David Cropman ... Second Barman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
David Kelly replaced Warren Mitchell. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the explosion in the final scene, the wall can be seen to flex, indicating that it is made of something more flimsy than a real prison wall. more
Quotes:
Danny Meehan: I'll tell you something, I didn't start off out as a youngster looking to sell my country out.
Massive: None of us planned to be here, mate.
Chiv: But you're forgetting one thing. You're a hero in Scotland.
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Movie Connections:
References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) more
Soundtrack:
Ooh La La more

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25 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Need more of these from our British cousins!, 19 July 2004
10/10
Author: mdumbroff from New York

I could understand not liking this movie if someone was expecting Citizen Kane (and if you were, you should be flogged). For a straight to video/cable movie, it had great prod. value, sharp dialogue, and a great supporting cast of Guy Ritchie characters. Throw in some solid football and you have a film to help you forget the worries of your day. The commentary by the two Bobs alone makes it worthwhile. Jones is good, but Statham steals the show in almost all of his scenes. Like the original (The Longest Yard), it was made to entertain the audience, not to provoke some deep introspective thought on the existence of God. See it, rent it, buy it! If you cant discern the heavy British slang, throw on the subtitles. If you don't have a DVD player, how in the hell are you managing to read this?

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