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Get Carter

Get Carter

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disablity-Captions
Review: I love all of the Warner Brother company because they had been very thoughtful giving two options (white with borderline English subtitle and regular closed caption from t.v.) for deaf and hard of hearing... that includes our former President Reagan. We need to courage Warner Brothers to make other company such as Serlings, orion and much more to give two choice for deaf and hard of hearing people. The main reason we wanted to have two choices is because some prefer to have subtitle so they can see through without any black background unlike the closed caption. unfortunately, closed caption is better because it includes music caption and describe what is the background sounds like. So we can make our choices... some caption doesn't work well on DVD so we can use subtitle. We wanted to thank "GET CARTER" movie from Warner Bros Co.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Visually Stunning, Stallone Shines
Review: Add one part Sly Stallone, one part Mickey Rourke, and small slivers of Miranda Richardson, Rachel Leigh Cook, and the marvelous Michael Caine and the end result is: a cast that almost rises above the basically plotless script.

The cast is great, the camerawork is excellent, the feel of the movie is there, but somehow we are missing a bit of heart.

The internet porn angle is kind of original I guess, and the scenes between Cook and Stallone are touching, but this film has some missing element that I can't put my finger on.

The biggest problem I had with this entertaining film is that there is no real morality here. It's all about revenge. Kind of cold.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Carter will help you catch your Z's
Review: I was sooooo bored with this movie. I could not wait for it to be over. This movie had very good intentions of being a good movie but just did not throw everything together the way it should have been. I thought that the plot was good, the movie was kind of hip, but just did'nt do it for me. More action, more action, more action. I mean come on, This is Stallone. Where is the action?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: DEAR GOD this was bad.
Review: When Sly Stallone is the best actor in a movie, watch out! This movie was so bad, I wasn't sure it wasn't a comedy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stallone's still the World's greatest action hero
Review: When I First heard about Get Carter I Thought it would be just like the Mel Gibson Flick Payback. Boy Was I Wrong i thought this film was a helluva lot better. I have been a fan of Stallone's films for years and this film was one of his best works.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An slick suspense thriller.
Review: The Plot:Jack Carter(Sylvester Stallone) find out the news his brother died in a car crash but when he arrives in his home town, he doesn`t believe his brother died in car crash. He has a feeling that someone he knows, his friends or his family has something do with his brother death but he will do anything do find out the truth but he has problems of his own dealing with thugs, who are trying to kill him and killers wants him dead. Carter is not is easy person to be with or deal with.

DVD`s has fine anamorphic widescreen(2.35:1) transer and well done on the Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. Deleted Scenes and an running commentary track by the director-Stephen Kay. One of the best performance of Stallone. Good performances by Rachael Leigh Cook(She`s all that)and Mickey Rourke(9½ Weeks), who comes off best in thier roles. Theatrical Tralier of original 1971 film, which is an very cool trailer, Micheal Caine played Jack Carter in the original, he`s also in the remake in a supporting role. Grade:B+. Super 35.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Pretty decent film -better than what is said
Review: When Jack Carter went off to find out if his brother had been the victim of foul play he never thought he'd enrage so many viewers who found it boring or too violent or not violent enough. This movie does tell a story, and focuses on how Carter realizes what a waste his life has been, what he could have been -with his dead brother as an example- and of course he is not, and it does it very well. Not every movie has to be full of shootouts and gore. This is a great work of style, and the dull opinions of how the excess of style towers the plot (although respected ones) is a proof of how badly educated common audiences are (the ones who prefer linear stories). Forget the cynicism and watch this movie for what it is: a good piece of entertainment

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not as Good as the Original, but still a Great Revenge Flick
Review: A Watered down version of the Original was Always Expected, but at least it turned out better than I anticipated.

Sly is as Big and Intimidating as ever, and he gives another great acting job as Carter, the Man on a Mission. The Supporting Cast is Great and at some stages I was actually rooting for Mickey Rourke. An Above Average Remake.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: STRANGE BUT ENJOYABLE
Review: I wasn't expecting much when I originally saw this film, and even half-way through watching it I wasn't sure really if I liked it or not. Though the look and sound is very stylish (the soundtrack is particularly interesting and original in a movie like this), sometimes the cuts and filmwork are rather jarring and draw too much attention to themselves. The entire movie almost looks like an MTV video, and yet it's hard to deny that all of this brings with it a definite atmosphere that works in spite of itself.

Even though Stallone stars in "Get Carter," I would not call it an action flick as much as a thriller. The action scenes are brief and relatively scarce, yet still intense when they roll around in the later stages. This puts more focus on the plotline, which is very rarely ever a bad thing. Still, the plot can sometimes be hard to follow, and by the end of the movie there remain a great deal of loose ends that were never tied up. In fact, you'll wonder if the vast majority of the bad guys were killed or just wounded, which is mostly a result of the film's artistic lisence. Sylvester's character, however, makes a charming hero you want to follow to the end. He may once not have been such a great guy, but there is certainly a strong moral fiber embedded within him, espesially where his family is concerned.

When the credits rolled I realized that "Get Carter" is a unique film, sometimes confused, and yet ultimately entertaining, and fans of action-thrillers (and Stallone) should definitely give it a look.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: bad stuff
Review: this movie is the worst. nothing happened. when i saw this in the theater, i walked out during the middle. i should have saved my money for something better.


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