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Movie Reviews of Get Carter
Movie Review: Distilled "Carter"
Summary: 3 Stars
Having not seen the original for some time,I finally saw it in its entirety last week.Considering I've only just seen the remake tonight,it's fair to say it's going to be difficult to describe it as a film that stands on its own two feet.GET CARTER(1971) was about a mobster going back to Newcastle to find who murdered his brother.His search for the truth is ruthless. GET CARTER(2000) follows much the same story,Newcastle is now Seattle.I had my misgivings about Stallone playing Carter,but surprisingly he pulls it off.Not only does he look the part,this is one of his best roles. Supported by a sleazy Mickey Rourke,Miranda Richarson as his late brother's wife,and Rachael Leigh Cook who shines in this version,as her daughter Doreen. I wasn't expecting an action fest because the original gets by because of Micheal Caine's ruthless determination to get the truth. I do like this version but I have to deduct two stars for trying to sanitise Carter and adding a happy Hollywood ending.Also most of the film,the director is so obsessed with attention span,he "strobes" the picture regularly and unnecessarily.The final confrontation between Carter and Mickey Rourke is an anticlimax.The beach chase replaced by a brawll on a dancefloor.Not quite as memorable. Stallone seems to better with age and here he still packs a punch.And rather being a hinderance to a remake with a"you're the disease,I'm the cure" approach,he's much better in this film.Movie Review: The truth hurts
Summary: 3 Stars
Financial adjuster Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) returns home to Seattle to attend his brothers Richie's funeral. Unable to accept that his brother was driving drunk he begins to interogate Richies friends and family. The more he looks into it he believes his brother was taken out. While home he develops a relationship with his niece (Rachel Leigh Cook)and looks after his brothers family. As the mystery unfolds Jack will stop at nothing to have his revenge.I have been a fan of Stallone for as long as I can remember and at fifty years old the guys still got it. Director Stephen Kay has given this film a unique look that I love. But those expecting an action flick you might be dissapointed. This film is more of a hard edged thriller. The film was almost perfectly cast with Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Leigh Cook, Michael Caine and Mickey Rourke. The only downside was Alan Cummings try at the young millionare software tycoon. The films main downfall was the script and a few plot holes but I was able to overlook them.
Even though the film tanked at the box office, Warner has put together a great disk. The picture is great presented in widescreen and DD 5.1 surround. They also put some effort into suppliments. Theres a feature-length commentary by Stephen Kay, deleted scenes and two theatrical trailers. Even though I liked the film I can't recommend it to everyone. I suggest rent before you buy.
Movie Review: But where has he put his brain?
Summary: 3 Stars
Nothing to brag about. Once Stallone, always Stallone. Or if your prefer once Rambo, always Rambo. Or even better once Rocky, always Rocky. So here the Rambo from the subtropical jungle has landed in some suburban asphalt jungle, the Rocky of the boxing ring has fallen down to the crime ring of some underrated but self-overrating gang of gangsters, what else could they be anyway. You have the fights your are looking for. You have the car chases you are expecting. You have the fake eroticism you are seeking. But you have little less. One gangster gets killed by some others because he gets too nosy or greedy. His brother cleans up the plate out of pure spite and vengeance. Is it a film defending the family? Maybe, maybe not, because if the family were that kind of hectic, rootless and unethical life then I would convert myself to pure animal mating, it might even be nicer and go smoother. But as a bloody entertainment on a late Saturday night if you have nothing more interesting to do, that's fine, that will do. Go ahead and enjoy the punches.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Movie Review: Not bad...BUT!
Summary: 3 Stars
First of all I'm still new to DVD's. I was in Blockbuster Video and they had this one and a few more previewed ones for sale .... So I bought it. I've not seen the Michael Caine original (yet) so I can't compare the two films. I thought that this one was okay, but I had some big problems with it. There's a lot of similarites between this movie and "The Limey" (if you've seen it you'll know) and that bugged me. It's like director Stepher Kay decided to remake THAT movie.
My main problem is that when everything's resolved there seems to be a scene missing (and it wasn't in the special feature deleted scenes) between Stallone and Miranda Richardson in which he explains why his brother (her husband) was killed and what for. Instead you get the "seeya around" scene between him and Rachael Leigh Cook.
Mickey Rourke is pretty good, but his demise is sort of....anti-climatic.
John C. McGingley is good (as always) and he gets his trademark swear word in ...
The subplot with Stallone's girlfriend back in Vegas just doesn't work. You wonder why it was even in there.
Still, with all the annoyances I have to say I liked the film...but, it could have been so much better.
Movie Review: Where was Jack ?
Summary: 3 Stars
In general , a great movie to watch , Director Kay shows a fresh, fast style of filming and the cast is very strong (especially Mickey Rourke). However there were scenes and atmospheres that hurted the image of this remake . originally , Jack Carter is a killer without any sentimental angle , even his revenge is based on holding up and defending the Carter name. 'Who do they think they are to mess around with the Carter family' , was the way Caine played Jack in 1971 were he started to live in his own fantasy-revenge world and slowly misses the reality around him until he finally got blown away by his own color. The message in 1971 was that the actions of 'streetwise' carter had consequenses for his own safety . This was the world of gangsters , where one man is certainly not invincible . Stallone portrays a totally different Jack . But i must say everything looked still promising up to the last half hour where the realisme collapsed suddenly and cliche took over. This film would have been better off as a film on it's own , because it failed as a remake.