Get Carter

Name: Get Carter
Director: Stephen Kay
Genre: Crime/detective, Thriller, Action, Drama
Released: 2000
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mickey Rourke, Michael Caine

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Crime/detective
Thriller

2000
Stephen Kay
98 mins
15

Summary

Glossy Hollywood version of the classic 1971 British crime thriller, starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson and Mickey Rourke. A hired killer returns to Seattle for his brother's funeral. When he discovers that his sibling's death was no accident he exacts brutal revenge. Michael Caine, star of the original, has a cameo role.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Jason Caro

This ill-advised remake of the Mike Hodges/Michael Caine Tyneside-set classic sees a moody Sylvester Stallone taking over the vengeful Carter role and the action relocated to America. Several of the character names remain (although Rachael Leigh Cook certainly doesn't look like a Doreen) and some dialogue remains semi-intact. Yet, this has few similarities to the outstanding original, replacing gritty direction with flashy surface gloss, Caine's unremitting viciousness with Stallone's soft-centred bruiser, a small-time pornography ring with big-business internet entertainment and Roy Budd's haunting score with a noisy rock remix. Caine himself has an ineffectual cameo and is on the receiving end of Jack Carter's most celebrated line, delivered by Stallone as if he's reading a shopping list. Bearable, if instantly forgettable.

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5.2/10

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rolenameJack CarterSylvester StalloneGloria CarterMiranda RichardsonDoreen CarterRachael Leigh CookCyrus PaiceMickey RourkeCliff BrumbyMichael CaineJeremy KinnearAlan CummingGeraldineRhona MitraAudreyGretchen MolEddieJohnny Strong