Get Carter [2000]

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DVD Special Features: Audio commentary by Stephen Kay Deleted scenes Trailer Widescreen 2.35:1 Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, German, Italian Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian Hearing impaired: English, German, Italian From .co.uk ----------- Why did Hollywood think it was a good idea to take Get Carter--Mike Hodges' classic 1971 study in gangster psychology--trans the setting from decaying Tyneside to a present-day American metropolis, neuter the screenplay so that precious little of the original's acerbic humour and subtlety remain, and assign the lead role of Jack Carter, memorably taken by Michael Caine in the original, to Sylvester Stallone? No a of Rocky-cum-Rambo routines can convince you that he's remotely inside the character, even though here Carter's psychotic side has been airbrushed out as he seeks revenge for the murder of his brother and rape of his niece. Miranda Richardson is a wearily sympathetic Gloria, and Rachel Leigh Cook a not-too-bratish Doreen (is this actually used as an American name?). Mickey Rourke looks suitably wasted as loutish businessman Cyrus; Alan Cumming is an annoyingly smug computer whizz Kinnear (wouldn't you have pulled the trigger?), while Michael Caine loses all credibility for his cameo appearance as Cliff Brumby. Did he really need the cash? On the DVD: Get Carter on disc is a classy but lifeless production. Extras include the theatrical trailer, cast and crew details, and six deleted scenes which are too brief to be more than off-cuts. Three spoken and nine subtitled languages are provided, and there's director Stephen Kay's pithy running commentary to enjoy. Even he, however, often sounds at a loss to explain just why the film was made. Thank goodness the original movie ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WCMB/${0} ) is also available on DVD. --Richard Whitehouse P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Synopsis -------- It's not his turf. But it is his war. Las Ve muscle and glitz meets dot-com, triple-latte Seattle, as a Ve mob enforcer prowls that Northwest city to smoke out his brother's killer. From the Back Cover ------------------- Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) has spent his life collecting for other people -- debts, agendas, and retribution. When his brother is killed in an accident, Carter returns home to the family he abandoned and the debts that were never paid. The trip home is a second chance to make amends for past mistakes. Despite initial suspicions from his brother's wife, Gloria (Miranda Richardson) and her teenage daughter Doreen (Rachael Leigh Cook), Jack forms an uneasy truce with Doreen and soon she is helping him navigate the violent underbelly of the city, through a deceptive world where nothing is what it seems. Producer Mark Canton brings you Get Carter, the new slick action thriller, a sharp and brutal remake of the 1971 classic, also starring Michael Caine and Mickey Rourke. See more ( javascript:void(0) )