Get Carter

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

In some ways the plot resembles Get Carter , but where that film leavened its brutality with black humour, the tone here is darker. With its laconic protagonist beautifully played by Owen, its gallery of credible characters, and a wonderfully sustained subterranean mood, the film calls to mind Jean-Pierre Melville. ... Full Review

A final note on why Get Carter is so cool:....There's some melancholy funk music as composer Roy Budd plays three keyboards accompanied by a snappy cello and drum beat.....Not even a particularly long scene, it's undeniably memorable.....Fans of Soderbergh's irreverent, experimental approach to storytelling through cumulative layers of character detail will find much to enjoy throughout Get Carter ..... ... Full Review

Justice in Carter's world is swift, vigilant, andmost shocking of allroutine. We observe Carter as he idly flips through the pages of a book, snorts some coke in the john, has a quick bowl of soup, and takes a few pills. ... Full Review

Filled with low-budget action and low-budget eroticism, Michael Caine unfortunately does not make much of an impression as a rough-and-tumble gangster. The picture has its moments, the most memorable of which is when Carter addresses an envelope of evidence to be mailed to "The Vice Squad. ... Full Review

What makes this such a good film is that we come to understand why Carter is such an animal and actually have quite a lot of sympathy for him. Carter (Michael Caine) is a flashy and violent man who's obviously inspired by the real-life crooks of the time such as the Kray brothers. ... Full Review