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A Masterpiece!

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

A disclaimer to begin with. I do take kindly to Michael Caine's movies from his younger days at least. Get Carter is no exception. Set against the bleak semi-urban backdrop of Northern England, the film tackles violence and crime in an intense manner.With no lighthearted moments , the movie can get to you with its dark tone , all the more magnified by the dreary climatic conditions of the locations.Caine does well as the tough , no-nonsense London gangster . The actions scenes on many occasions exude disdain . Though the story by itself is not very intriguing , the direction is superb and makes for a good watch. However, for the plot, the movie may seem a tad stretched , which can be dissuasive at times.Compared to some other movies Caine has starred in including a few Harry Palmer flicks and Play Dirty, the plot is rather straightforward . Some actors do not act out their roles well and some sequences are a little roughly cut. However, the movie is a far better exposition of a revenge drama than anything of late. On the whole the movie is superb and entertaining.

Jack Carter is a tough London gangster who heads north to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He is pretty certain that it wasn't an accident and he is sure it wasn't suicide so determines to find out who was behind it and why. As he starts to ask questions he comes up against some of the most dangerous men in the North East; they know what happened but have no intention of telling Carter and they want him gone but are happy to point him in the direction of their rivals first. When Carter eventually discovers the truth nobody involved will be safe.This film is almost the definition of 'gritty'; the '70s Newcastle setting has a cold feel with its rundown back-to-back housing and concrete tower blocks. None of the characters can really be considered nice; Jack Carter certainly isn't. He is one of cinema's less pleasant protagonists; brutal and amoral. Michael Caine is on top form; making Carter a believable character. As well as a fair amount of nasty violence there is quite a bit of nudity; this is more sleazy than sexy though… although it is once mildly comic as Carter threatens two heavies with a shotgun while completely naked; shocking the neighbour in the process! Overall I'd certainly recommend it; it is considered a classic with good reason, just don't expect any happy endings.

Get Carter is sometimes described as one of the best British gangster films. This isn't a very accurate statement as Get Cater is the actual very best British Gangster film and one of the best British films of any kind overall. It's typified by a fantastically nasty performance from Michael Caine in the role of Jack Carter, the London based gangster who travels back home to Newcastle to find out who killed his brother. Caine is truly brilliant here in a role that shows how great an actor he is, this is a very amoral central character and Caine never shrinks away from depicting him as a seriously cold individual. Generally speaking, there is a very short supply of truly 'good' characters in this one. Even the most sympathetic people have something shady attached to them.The location is another trump card. The Newcastle of the early 70's makes for a supremely bleak setting. It was a deprived city of run down tenements and dying industries. This feeling of decay and ruin really seeps into the story and makes for a magnificent backdrop for this nihilistic crime story. It shows quite clearly that UK film-makers have too rarely ventured out into the provinces to makes films which is a terrible mistake as the Newcastle setting is quite unique, distinctive and brilliant here.The story-line also is a big plus point. It takes the form of the most unusual of genre combinations, the mystery/crime film. As soon as Carter hits the scene, he causes serious ripples in the waters of the criminal underworld. As he goes about his business we are able to piece more and more parts of the jigsaw together and ultimately learn what it was that went down and why it happened in the first place. Carter is quite an unusual protagonist as we are definitely on his side, given that his antagonists in the criminal network are so awful. But while we will him on, he still commits some horrendous actions including the murder of a woman. But it's the very fact that the film doesn't play easy with you that is one of the reasons that makes this such a satisfying and bold film. To top it all off, it has a truly great theme tune by Roy Budd that captures the feel of the film perfectly. A true all-time classic.

Suspecting foul play after learning of his brother's death, a ruthless gangster returns home to find those responsible in this iconic British crime drama starring Michael Caine. The film is credited as a 'thriller' on IMDb, but it is a little too leisurely paced for that to ring true. There is very little sense of urgency to Caine's quest to avenge his brother's death - but this is not necessarily a bad thing. If anything, 'Get Carter' is a refreshingly different sort of revenge movie with limited action and a dislikeable main character whose only noticeable human quality is his dedication to his family. There is also an interesting dynamic at hand with Caine acknowledging that he is "the bad one" and that if either of them should be dead by now, it should be him. For all its uniqueness, 'Get Carter' is not, however, the easiest film to watch. There are quite a few dull patches throughout and it is only so interesting to follow a character with relatively few positive qualities. The film additionally throws so many supporting characters into the mix that, upon first viewing at least, it is sometimes hard to keep track of who is who. The scattered memorable moments of the film are, however, very, very memorable. These include an explicit phone sex session with constants cuts to Caine's landlady rocking back and forth in her chair, as well as a scene in which Caine forces two men out of his room at gunpoint and in the nude. The sombre ending is also pitch perfect. Caine and director Mike Hodges would collaborate on the equally uneven and yet still worthwhile 'Pulp' one year later.