Mean Guns

Directed by Rebecca Charles

R

1997 1h 50mAction, Adventure,

5.453%5.5

A gangster boss (Ice-T) has a list of about 100 people who have screwed up at one point or another. Rather than outright killing them, he decides to have a little fun by putting all of them together in a high security prison, unarmed, and dumping bucketfulls of guns, ammo, and baseball bats on them and letting them kill each other. The final three who survive are given a prize of 10 million dollars. Let chaos reign.

Cast of Mean Guns

Christopher LambertLou
Ice-TVincent Moon
Michael HalseyMarcus
Deborah Van ValkenburghCam
Tina CoteBarbie
Yuji OkumotoHoss
Thom MathewsCrow
Kimberly WarrenD
Hunter DoughtyLucy
Adam WahlBob
James WellingtonRicky
Hoke HowellCommissioner Galloner
James MathersJerry Montegna
Milan NicksicKobolski
Jahi J.J. ZuriBlondie
KimkoScott
Jim KoehlerSlick
Robert LennonOslo
John MachadoFatboy
Moss MossbergBiker
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Mean Guns Ratings & Reviews

ርልዪረJuly 21, 2025
I can agree with other sentiments here: "Mean Guns" is more than just the standard B movie. I was lured to this thing by the names involved, but what we get here is not relentlessly predictable stuff. A crime boss named Vincent Moon (Ice-T) gathers a large group of lowlifes together, people who've "betrayed" their organization basically by being screw-ups. Moon's idea is to put all of them into a "kill or be killed" situation, providing them with various weapons, and the last three standing will supposedly walk away with the sum of $10 million. In addition to Ice-T, we get several B movie perennials doing their thing; Christopher Lambert brings his own brand of acting to a more jovial - and unhinged - character than usual. Also appearing are Deborah Van Valkenburgh ("The Warriors"), Thom Mathews ("The Return of the Living Dead"), Yuji Okumoto ("The Karate Kid, Part II"), Tina Cote ("Omega Doom"), Kimberly Warren ("Blast"), and Michael Halsey ("Dollman"). Hoke Howell of such classics as "Kingdom of the Spiders" and "Humanoids from the Deep" has a cameo at the outset. As one will notice, the cast is partly filled up by regulars in the films of the prolific Albert Pyun, and it doesn't matter if the acting ain't ever gonna win any awards; it still gets the job done. Ice is amusing in the lead, and Lambert is actually a hoot, although it's veteran Halsey that really stands out, playing one of the most interesting characters in the whole thing. Van Valkenburgh is likable as the most sympathetic of them all. Mathews and Okumoto have their moments as a consistently bantering pair of buddies. It's hard to knock a movie that immediately goes for the approach of underscoring the fast and furious action with mambo music, which adds to the humor. Of course, when one sees the ridiculous fate of one of the characters, they'll see this is never meant to be taken too seriously. At an hour and 51 minutes it IS awfully long for this sort of thing, but that kooky charm still pervades the proceedings. And, despite all the violence, there's really no gore at all. Fans of low budget escapist fare should find this reasonably interesting and diverting, all the way to its unexpected ending.

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Mean Guns Trivia

Mean Guns was released on November 21, 1997.

Mean Guns was directed by Rebecca Charles.

Mean Guns has a runtime of 1 hr 50 min.

Mean Guns was produced by Gary Schmoeller, Andrew Whitham.

The key characters in Mean Guns are Lou (Christopher Lambert), Vincent Moon (Ice-T), Marcus (Michael Halsey).

Mean Guns is rated R.

Mean Guns is an Action, Adventure, Crime film.

Mean Guns has an audience rating of 5.3 out of 10.

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