Get Carter
by Stephen Kay
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Actor: John C. McGinley, Mickey Rourke, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Sylvester StalloneDirector: Stephen Kay
Brand: STALLONE,SYLVESTER
Cinematographer: Mauro Fiore
Composer: Tyler Bates
Editor: Jerry Greenberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Get Carter
Movie Review: Artful Directing, Finally
Summary: 5 Stars
It so happens that in the timeline of cinemas, the critics and viewers of movies walk into a theater with preconceived notions of what a film should be. Directors are trivialized left and right--the good ones at least. How else do we explain the lack of Academy Awards on Terrence Malick's belt after the Thin Red Line; people's degrading of John Woo movies as simply action, and not art; and, to pique my ire, the looking over of David Fincher in Fight Club? Sure, Get Carter will never be a Gladiator or a Fight Club, something to inspire you and leave you disallusioned, but the directing is top-notch. If you enjoy angles and flashes, and the way these things can offer a greater insight into a character's development than simply the script, look no further than Stephen Kay. At times, Carter is a gentler man. In others we see violence through his eyes in flashes of anger. Sure, the Die Hard's are great--they have the one-liners to make you laugh, and quote them when they're funny. But there's nothing else there. Characters do not evolve beyond introductions, and scripts offer no peace of mind. I loved the Professional, even if it was a bit slow and thick at parts. This movie excels where that one failed to coninue in excellence. Carter is a truly interesting character, and Kay was smart enough to know that the movie should revolve around him--he is the subject and purpose of the movie. And it works. Give this movie a chance--at 15.0$, how could you not? If you like directing as an art, and as a corrolary to scripting, look here. Don't look for action, though the car chases are the best since Ronin, or cheesy one-liners. And I say, in summation, thank god for artful directing, finally.
Summary of Get Carter
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: UN
Release Date: 13-FEB-2001
Media Type: DVD
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