Get Carter (2000)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Stephen T. Kay

Writers (WGA):

Ted Lewis (novel)
David McKenna (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The Truth Hurts

Plot:

Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral...

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Loss Of Loved One | Golf | Death Of Loved One | Loss Of Brother

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Jack Carter
Miranda Richardson	...	Gloria
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Doreen
Rhona Mitra	...	Geraldine
Johnny Strong	...	Eddie
John C. McGinley	...	Con McCarty
Alan Cumming	...	Jeremy Kinnear
Michael Caine	...	Cliff Brumby
John Cassini	...	Thorpey
Mickey Rourke	...	Cyrus Paice
Mark Boone Junior	...	Jim Davis (as Mark Boone Jr.)
Garwin Sanford	...	Les Fletcher
Darryl Scheelar	...	Security Guard
Crystal Lowe	...	Girl #1
Lauren Lee Smith	...	Girl #2 (as Lauren Smith)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (No. 37609) | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) (Canadian Home Video rating) | South Korea:15 | Mexico:C | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

Rhona Mitra's character, Geraldine, may be a nod to Geraldine Moffat, who played a similar character in the original Get Carter (1971).

Goofs:

Continuity: A chase scene begins during a heavy downpour. In the next shot it stops raining and the car is completely dry.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jack Carter: Hello, Mr. Davis. My name is Jack Carter, and you don't want to know me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

If Everybody Looked the Same

Get (the original) Carter

A remake of the 1971 film with Michael Caine.

Las Vegas mob enforcer Jack Carter travels to Seattle to investigate his brother's mysterious death. Local crime lords want him out, but Carter unrelentingly proceeds in finding the truth.

Starting with a promising beginning (though it remains amusing that someone thought that Stallone can match Caine's acting) the film soon slumps into a bad case of mediocrity. It has the same idea as the original and tries to be as badass with its kinetic and almost experimental direction, but ends up being just poor. Stallone's Carter is given an almost soft side that goes complete against the character from the first film. On top of that there are some enjoyable car chases, but they serve as sensationalism that was critically lacking from the first film.

Then there is the ending, which has some merit (since the film already establish Carter as softer then the original), but even so, it is still pretty stupid and leaves the film with little to say or resonate with. That ultimately makes this is second rate crime movie that you might enjoy, but don't count it. --- 5/10

Rated R for violence and profanity