Get Carter on DVD (1971)

Pure Caine!!

JediSi , 17/08/2007

Jack Carters brother is dead. Jack travels to Newcastle from London for his funeral, but somethings not quite right. Jack doesn't believe that his brothers death was an accident and begins trying to uncover the true circumstances surrounding it. Jack will stop at nothing and seeks a brutal revenge on those resposible. Perfect casting and top quality acting and plot. Many memorable scenes. Perfect film for any occassion. 'You couldn't win an egg and spoon race, Eric.'

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A real modern classic

wildgeese from England , 01/02/2005

This film is a true modern classic and is well worth a veiwing.It's a film in a leauge of it's own with michael caine as i anti hero out for revenge.

The story with grip you as well as the bleak settings,that all mount to a none hollywood ending.

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Ambivalence really...

A customer from Newbury England , 11/09/2004

Mmmm...saw it years ago, but 33 years later it seems antique and rather frozen in time. Filmically, a historical curiosity...very much of its era with edgy sparse camera work (you can practically taste Tyneside), an air of restrained violence which sits awkwardly with the spirit of the fun loving sixties that had just finished and a tremendous, simple, haunting score that stays with you.

Caine is excellent, a restrained volcano, but some of the others are pantomime villains, wooden as hell (check the actress who plays Caine's murdered brothers girlfriend). And the script - if you actually listen to it - is mostly terrible, with one dimensional characters mouthing cartoon dialogue.

In addition, its violence is vicious and blunt, for some this gives it it's power. For me, I just felt weary and remembered with a slight yawn the end of censorship in the sixties and how directors then and in the early seventies were endlessly, and sometimes meaninglessly, trying to 'push boundaries'('Straw Dogs' came to mind.) Maybe I'm just getting old.

Is it a classic? Well...I guess the appearance of a youthful Alf Roberts (Coronation St) as a Geordie businessman who Michael Caine throws off the roof of a multi storey car park might make it so! Ultimately for me, a couple of hours of intense, glowering 'mood'...a film to feel more than watch and dissect.

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Best British Gangster movie.....ever!

Andrew Hutton from North East England , 27/02/2004

This has to be THE best British Gangster movie ever made....

Sharp suits, gritty scenes and all set in the grim North East of the late 60's/early '70s.

Although the plot is a little sparse in comparison to today's films, Michael Caine is superb, as are many of the other well-known actors of the day.

One of my all-time favourite films. A 'must-see' movie for Caine or Gangster film buffs. Forget the modern day remake starring Sylvester Stallone - no comparison.

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Has gotten a bit old I'm afraid

Chantal [Highly rated reviewer] , 18/06/2005

Michael Caine is fantastic in this film but the atmosphere and settings are a bit outdated and corny now. Still worth a watch.

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Violent realistic thriller

grouge from Seaford , 25/01/2005

The cartoon violence of modern Hollywood blockbusters have nothing on this film of over 30 years ago. I found it quite frightening as you could believe that these gangsters exist in real life.

Caine is brilliant as a hard-nut hitman with revenge in mind. The realisitic settings add to the threatening tone of the movie.

Not for the faint-hearted, but a classic movie.

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