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