Get Carter

British cinema in the early seventies threw up a clutch of gritty urban gangster movies – including "Villain" with Richard Burton and the crucially underrated "Sitting Target" with Oliver Reed. The definitive example of the genre is clearly Mike Hodges... Full review

Is it? It's certainly the cornerstone of Michael Caine's extremely distinguished career, with the great man proving icy, formidable and utterly unforgettable as Jack Carter, a London-based gangster travelling up to a bleak, industrial Newcastle to find out the truth... Full review

This is one of Caine's best roles and undoubtedly one of the greatest gangster/crime films ever made. It is unrelentingly harsh, gritty, and bleak in showing the nasty world of Carter. Few characters are truly likable or admirable and most... Full review

British gangster classic starring Michael Caine as the eminently quotable, ultimately tough Jack Carter Hard to believe that a major studio felt the need to remake this British gangster classic, which ranks up there with the likes of The Long... Full review

Caine is outstanding as a tough guy determined to avenge his brother. A bit posed rather than continuous however the power of Caine's performance carries the movie nicely.... Full review

Just watch it. The story line is clear. The tension builds and the ending is suprising and shocking. It's far and away better than the cheap plastic imitation than the Stallone effort!... Full review

Michael Caine has often said that GET CARTER was the first gangster movie not to portray gangsters as either being stupid or funny . He`s right , but he could also have added that this was probably the first film... Full review

Strongman and enforcer Jack Carter (Michael Caine) returns to his native North East (of England) to investigate the suspicious death of his brother. Here he encounter a world of sleaze, booze, violence, casual sex and people in search of easy... Full review

With quality in mind. The dvd of this movie is excellent. Commentary et al. (Spoilers!!!)In comparing with the 2000 version, this one had more depth to it. Nowadays it's like, we're afraid to show nudity. Land of the free, with... Full review

If Shakespeare could have written a gangster movie, "Get Carter" would surely be the one. Jack Carter is the 1970s embodiment of classical tragic heroes like Hamlet or Macbeth. Also, in the finest Shakespearian tradition, as the film reaches its... Full review

Get Carter' is certainly a classic.....Met with varying degrees of apathy upon its 1971 release, it's only in more recent times....Get Carter' is extremely well shot....Unfortunately, it's a world of badly-written dialogue, featureless acting and comically bad eroticism.... ... Full Review

a good hero for an action movie.....if director Mike Hodges were deliberately inviting comparison with the American masters..... ... Full Review

a good hero for an action movie.....if director Mike Hodges were deliberately inviting comparison with the American masters..... ... Full Review

the allure of what might otherwise be a relatively plain genre movie.... ... Full Review

This is a gritty, hard-nosed crime drama.....Nevertheless, "Get Carter" is a taut little noir thriller that should not be missed..... ... Full Review

What: Mike Hodges's "Get Carter" (1971) Educational Value: British gangster culture at its best: sharp clothes, flashy cars, realistic violence. Synopsis: Michael Caine stars as the gangster Jack Carter, an unsympathetic antihero who travels from London to his hometown of... ... Full Article

By Judith Eisler (Everett Collection) What: Mike Hodges's "Get Carter" (1971) Educational Value: British gangster culture at its best: sharp clothes, flashy cars, realistic violence. ... Full Article

A giant Sixties multi-storey car park has become an unlikely battle ground for a supermarket giant which plans to demolish it and film fans who revere the site which featured in the cult gangster film, Get Carter. The Trinity car ... Full Article

More than 30 years after his influential debut film, "Get Carter," a steely, ruthless revenge thriller set in the brutal British underworld, director Mike Hodges returns to the scene of the crime, thematically speaking. Clive Owen steps into the shoes ... Full Article

This is a good idea. For six weeks in 19 cities, including Chicago and Evanston, new independent and foreign films will be showcased in two-week runs. ... Full Article

Michael Caine plays Jack Carter, a hired gun who is out to avenge the death of his brother, Payback style, by beating up and killing off the guys who ordered his brother's killing. ... Full Article