Get Carter (1971)
Ruthless Jack Carter is a gangster in London. When he travels back home to attend his brother's funeral, Jack discovers that his brother's death is no accident. The vicious hit-man is not afraid to find out the brutal truth.
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April 20, 2010
While Caine would like to think of himself as one of Chandler's or Hammett's lonely avengers, he is really nothing more than a vicious brute with a warped sense of honor, trapped between the past and the present.
September 06, 2009
Mike Hodges is a steely Diebenkorn, dry and dangerous
February 09, 2006
Refusing ever to dwell, it cuts sharp rather than deep, but sharp enough.
February 16, 2006
A classic British crime-thriller that's as mean and uncompromising as its vengeful main character. Caine is in top form.
August 20, 2016
A film of exceptional viciousness and mordant humor, which single-handedly blew the bloody doors off British crime films of the era.
March 26, 2009
Mike Hodges' top-notch adaptation of a Ted Lewis novel not only maintains interest but conveys with rare artistry, restraint and clarity the many brutal, sordid and gamy plot turns.
April 22, 2012
[VIDEO ESSAY] ...represents the apex of the British Gangster genre for the its realistically gritty tone, fetishized eroticism, and dynamic attention to details...
October 23, 2004
Caine has been mucking about in a series of potboilers, undermining his acting reputation along the way, but Get Carter shows him as sure, fine and vicious -- a good hero for an action movie.
April 20, 2010
Ranks up there with the likes of The Long Good Friday as one of the finest home grown films of the past 30 years.
November 18, 2004
Cínico, cruel e surpreendentemente charmoso, Carter é um dos melhores personagens da longa carreira de Caine - e as locações, os diálogos e a montagem fazem jus a ele.
April 20, 2010
It wallows in its ceaseless bloodbath and emerges like its protagonist -- sleazy and second-rate.
December 29, 2008
Its finest triumph may be that it's still more immediate and brutal than almost any of the films that it inspired.
