DVD Special Features:
Audio commentary by Stephen Kay
Deleted scenes
Trailer
Widescreen 2.35:1
Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, German, Italian
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish,
Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian
Hearing impaired: English, German, Italian
From .co.uk
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Why did Hollywood think it was a good idea to take Get
Carter--Mike Hodges' classic 1971 study in gangster
psychology--trans the setting from decaying Tyneside to a
present-day American metropolis, neuter the screenplay so that
precious little of the original's acerbic humour and subtlety
remain, and assign the lead role of Jack Carter, memorably taken
by Michael Caine in the original, to Sylvester Stallone? No
a of Rocky-cum-Rambo routines can convince you that he's
remotely inside the character, even though here Carter's
psychotic side has been airbrushed out as he seeks revenge for
the murder of his brother and rape of his niece.
Miranda Richardson is a wearily sympathetic Gloria, and Rachel
Leigh Cook a not-too-bratish Doreen (is this actually used as an
American name?). Mickey Rourke looks suitably wasted as loutish
businessman Cyrus; Alan Cumming is an annoyingly smug computer
whizz Kinnear (wouldn't you have pulled the trigger?), while
Michael Caine loses all credibility for his cameo appearance as
Cliff Brumby. Did he really need the cash?
On the DVD: Get Carter on disc is a classy but lifeless
production. Extras include the theatrical trailer, cast and crew
details, and six deleted scenes which are too brief to be more
than off-cuts. Three spoken and nine subtitled languages are
provided, and there's director Stephen Kay's pithy running
commentary to enjoy. Even he, however, often sounds at a loss to
explain just why the film was made. Thank goodness the original
movie ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WCMB/${0} ) is also available on
DVD. --Richard Whitehouse
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Synopsis
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It's not his turf. But it is his war. Las Ve muscle and glitz
meets dot-com, triple-latte Seattle, as a Ve mob enforcer
prowls that Northwest city to smoke out his brother's killer.
From the Back Cover
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Jack Carter (Sylvester Stallone) has spent his life collecting
for other people -- debts, agendas, and retribution. When his
brother is killed in an accident, Carter returns home to the
family he abandoned and the debts that were never paid. The trip
home is a second chance to make amends for past mistakes.
Despite initial suspicions from his brother's wife, Gloria
(Miranda Richardson) and her teenage daughter Doreen (Rachael
Leigh Cook), Jack forms an uneasy truce with Doreen and soon she
is helping him navigate the violent underbelly of the city,
through a deceptive world where nothing is what it seems.
Producer Mark Canton brings you Get Carter, the new slick action
thriller, a sharp and brutal remake of the 1971 classic, also
starring Michael Caine and Mickey Rourke.
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