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Summary: 'Get' Immortal
Review: Sylvester Stallone has done it again! I am amazed with how many of his pictures that I have truly encountered! In "Get Carter," he plays Jack Carter, a bail bondsman of sorts and loves what he does. You don't pay the man, the stuff's in the fan. You don't like it, too bad. After his brother was murdered in Seattle, Carter went to check out the sneaky cover-up. He uncovered a pornographic solicitation scandal that involved his niece and he got extremely aggravated. Oh, piddily mortals, you shouldn't have messed with the best. A wannabe wiseguy played by Mickey Rourke, thought he could box with the immortal. Sure he got a few good hooks in, but the deity just shrugged it off and knocked him down. Cleanliness! He got revenge for his brother's death and somewhat helped his niece. A monarchy to treasure forever!
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Summary: Buy the original ,along with Rocky
Review: I'm glad this movie failed to generate any kind of following,because it shouldn't have been made. Why not take a bad movie in remake it ,instead of trying to cash in on the vision of someone elses for profit. The main problem with this joke of a movie is: You can't turn Jack Carter into a caring good-guy. Carter was a ruthless, menacing,selfish killer, not the likeable character Stallone presented. This was a shameful star vehicle that should of fell flat on its rear end. Shame on Caine for showing up in this joke of a movie.
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Summary: Where was Jack ?
Review: In general , a great movie to watch , Director Kay shows a fresh, fast style of filming and the cast is very strong 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 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 colour . 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 at it's own , because it failed as a remake .
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Summary: Classic Michael Caine actioner gets tepid remake
Review: Hollywood has remade movies for decades. When sound was introduced in the late 1920s, it was only logical to take some of the better silent movies and do them again. Cecil B. DeMille remade his 1925 movie The Ten Commandments in 1956 It is a timeless story and will no doubt be done again in the future. Some movies have great stories that are worth retelling. An example is A Star is Born which was first filmed in 1937. It was remade in 1954 and in 1976. Sometimes, a producer will buy the rights to a foreign film in order to do an English language version. Three Men and a Baby was a remake of a French film. All too often, however, remakes happen for reasons that are logical only to the people who decide to do them. Get Carter is one of those movies. The original an English film released in 1971. It starred Michael Caine, who also appears in the new version, perhaps as a reminded that, most of the time, what was successfully done in the past is best left there. Jack Carter, originally Caine's character, is this time played by Sylvester Stallone. Carter is a very bad man, which worked perfectly the first time around. Why the producers decided to tone the character down for modern audiences is beyond me. He is still unsavory, but that's not the same thing as being bad to the bone. The result is that this Carter is far less interesting. After working in Las Vegas for five years as a debt enforcer for a casino boss, Carter returns home to Seattle after his brother is killed in a car accident. He finds the circumstances of the death to be suspicious. A little checking around shows that some of the people the brother knew have a lot to hide. Soon, several of them have reason to fear Carter, who, after all, is all too familiar with their shady little world. The trick for Carter in this dark little thriller is to find out what his brother might have known that cost him his life. Get Carter is literally one of the darkest films I have seen in years. Director Stephen T. Kay wants to make sure we get in the mood of the story. I was yearning for a little sunshine long before the movie ended. I will note that Stallone gives a more subtle and nuanced performance than usual. If the producers were determined to do this remake, then Stallone was a good choice for the lead. Besides Caine, the movie also stars two of my favorite British actors - Miranda Richardson and Alan Cummin, both playing Americans. Richardson adds class to the picture, but her role is hardly a stretch for her. Add Cummin to a growing list of English actors who have learned how to play American villains better than Americans themselves. As a vain, self-centered zillionaire, Cummin's character is delightfully nasty. This movie is not the worst choice you could make to spend an evening with. Had the original never existed, reviewers probably would have been kinder. The fact is that it suffers by comparison. If you like your thrillers dark and on the nihilistic side, you might enjoy this, but if you can find a copy of the original, by all means watch it instead.
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Summary: Well Done stylish tribute to original
Review: Get Carter with Sly Stallone as Jack Carter succeeds in its purpose to pay tribute to the 1971 Michael Caine classic, and doesn't come off as a rip-off at all. The setting of this one is rainy Seattle and Sly, dressed like "Frank Sinatra" does a great job with this updated script, which keeps the original plot intact, keeping it a stylish action film with heart and mind. Michael Caine even has a role as one of the many bad guys Sly takes on. The ending is a significant departure from the original, this time being how we WANT it to end. It could be that with "Copland" and this Sly has found his midlife muse, really the same as he always was: the brooding tough guy with heart and soul. Of course the original is better...what original isn't? But this is the best remake anyone could hope for.
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Summary: And I thought the Specialist was Sly's worst..
Review: Get Carter is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The Revenge plot is terrible...I could not get interested in it even to make fun of it. Yes, it is this bad. And what is with the closeup camera angles while Stallone is driving? MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. About halfway threw the movie I couldn't even watch it anymore, but I ended up sitting near the TV until the end, just looking at it and laughing at Stallone with a Gotee.
Not even worth renting.
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Summary: I've seen better revenge movies!
Review: Not knowing anything about this movie, only knowing it was a remake of a movie made in the 70's, I went out to rent it. I was kind of excited because I'm a big Stallone fan.
I was disapointed at how the movie drags on with stallone going to character to character, and than going back to that same character. The action scences(probably one or two of them) were okay, but they were to short. This was Stalones worse movie, he is although an actor who could play a good revenge role, but in this one he could of used a better script.
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Summary: GET CARTER IS ONE OF STALLONES BEST
Review: GET CARTER IS A GREAT MOVIE.IT HAS ACTION,AND DRAMA,AND ALSO GOOD REVENGE.I DONT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE COMPARING IT TO GET CARTER FROM THE 70S.AS A MATTER OF FACT,I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE 70S VERSION.ITS NOT THE 70S,ITS 2001 AND THIS IS A MOVIE FOR THE NEW GENERATION.I GIVE THIS MOVIE 5 STARS AND RECOMMEND IT IF YOU LIKE A GOOD REVENGE PLOT.I HAVE ALREADY ADDED THIS HIT TO MY COLLECTION..LETS SEE IF YOU DO THE SAME.
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Summary: I have loved this movie!
Review: First of all, it has a great music. The whole movie is like a big well-done music video. All characters are sharply defined and good developed. I loved to see the very special relationship between Jake Carter and his brother's daughter. My favorite scene there was the fight in the elevator. The film is very predictable.
I knew who was a killer when I just saw him. But the movie is still great.
The DVD itself is of a high quality. It has many special features including two theatrical trailers: "Get Carter"" 2000 and "Get Carter" 1971. I was pleased to find there some deleted scenes. Yes, these scenes deserved to be deleted.
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Summary: get real
Review: I beleive that this was one of the greatest film that I have never seen. If you want this film then get it for your own opinion, and no the opinions of others. If you need a good review for Film class then do it yourself.
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