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Get Carter

1971, Movie, 1h 52min

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.

Country: United Kingdom,United States

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Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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It is a violent kitchen-sink pulp with the observational brilliance and dour working-class realism of something by Ken Loach...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Neil Jeffries

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It's violent without buckets of blood, sexy without being explicit, and contains a revelatory sequence with a film projector that trumps '8mm'.

Read full review at Empire

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Get Carter is a crime thriller film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as the titular character. The movie follows Jack Carter, a ruthless London gangster, as he travels to Newcastle to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. Carter is convinced that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to uncover a web of lies and deceit in the city's underworld. He encounters a cast of unsavory characters, including Eric Paice (Ian Hendry) and Cyril Kinnear (John Osborne), as he seeks revenge for his brother's murder. The film is known for its gritty realism, dark themes, and Caine's standout performance as the cold and calculating Carter.

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You can stream Get Carter on: Amazon Store

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