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2000 Certificate 15
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Jack Carter's brother is dead. And Jack (Sylvester Stallone) wants to know why. A Las Vegas mob enforcer, he carefully packs his guns and sets off for Seattle by train. At the funeral, he discovers his brother was full of alcohol when he died in a car accident. But according to his niece, Doreen (Rachael Leigh Cook), his .. Read more

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rhona Mitra
Director Stephen Kay
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Jack Carter's brother is dead. And Jack (Sylvester Stallone) wants to know why. A Las Vegas mob enforcer, he carefully packs his guns and sets off for Seattle by train. At the funeral, he discovers his brother was full of alcohol when he died in a car accident. But according to his niece, Doreen (Rachael Leigh Cook), his brother didn't drink. Jack starts on a tortuous trail that leads, via gang boss Brumby (Michael Caine) and porno-loving thug Cyrus Paice (Mickey Rourke), to a Seattle computer billionaire named Jeremy Kinnear (Alan Cumming). Among those trying to "get Carter" is Con (John C. McGinley), another enforcer from Las Vegas.
GET CARTER is the second remake of the bleak and gritty 1971 thriller of the same title. In the original, directed by Mike Hodges, Michael Caine played Carter. The first remake was George Armitage's 1972 film HIT MAN. Scriptwriter David McKenna and director Stephen T. Kay have shifted the location of this GET CARTER to the Pacific Northwest.

Starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rhona Mitra, Mickey Rourke, Michael Caine, Alan Cumming, John C. McGinley
Director Stephen Kay
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German, Italian
Hearing-impaired English, German, Italian
Subtitles DVD: Danish, English, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
Released DVD: 24 Jun 2002
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

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  • Tedious remake of the 70s British thriller, all flash and no substance, with Stallone at his most ponderous.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Suprisingly okay

    I thought I would hate this, but it's actually okay. A lot of the original film makes it through, although Stallone doesn't come over quite as nasty as Michael Caine managed to. The script's been simplified (for the Americans, presumably) but the basic story is the same - ITALIAN JOB please take note - and the characters are all the same

    So... yeah ... not bad at all.

      • Big Figure from Up North
      • Posted 19 Apr 2004 16:44

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Not as good as the original......and not really much like the original......so why call it after the original ? It might have been better to give it a more original title, that way it would never be compared with a well known classic......and therefore more enjoyable and less likely to cause any dissapointment. But, if you like Stallone, then you will probably enjoy it........just don't compare it with the original !!!!!

      • Grabsuccess#1 from MANCHESTER
      • Posted 09 Jun 2004 01:59

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    Caine honoured with legend award

    • 29 Nov 2009

    Veteran actor Sir Michael Caine was honoured by the people of London at a glitzy awards ceremony on Friday night (27Nov09). The Get Carter star, who was brought up in the U.K. capital, was handed the London Legend award - voted for by youngsters in the city to find their top role model. And Caine was overwhelmed with the prize, telling the audience at Alexandra Palace it is "the greatest honour" he has even been given. He told the crowd, "This is the greatest honour I have received as it is... Read more

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      • Jack Carter's brother is dead. And Jack (Sylvester Stallone) wants to know why. A Las Vegas mob enforcer, he carefully packs his guns and sets off for Seattle by train. At the funeral, he discovers ...