Get Carter Reviews

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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!... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more