Review of Get Carter (2000) by Dave J — 24 Feb 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

(2000) Get Carter.

ACTION/ DRAMA.

You know a movie is really bad when RT can't even provide a correct synopsis for this forgettable remake of the 1971 classic starring Michael Caine whose talents were greatly wasted and exploited, which by using Caines's presence was nothing more than to be used as a tool to sell this picture! According to RT, it says Stallone's character was a hitman but upon watching it, he was more of a debt collector for some gangsters or another which they were hardly a factor throughout! The movie claims this film was based on a novel written by Ted Lewis called 'Jack's Return Home' but it's more like a return home to the garbage dump! Stallone stars as Jack Carter who after arriving at his brother's funeral, becomes obsessed by finding out how and why he died which turned out to be more than what he thought it'd be!

The only action one would see is a few ho-hum brisk brawls for the first 1 hour and 10 minutes for he's always seems to conviently find them whenever he wants to- no one seem to press any assault charges by the way! Two car chase scenes which're lame with no policeman on sight despite wrecking havoc they created, no police intervention of any kind or that the gangster's goons setting a hit on the Stallone character for shafting his original duties! One scene in particular which absolutely makes no sense whatsoever showcases one of the bad guys whose suppose to be a young millionaire of some sort because of pornography on-line, and says on a phone that he wants Carter dead and the best he's done was sending one person to do the job and he doesn't even complete it or succeed killing anybody for that matter since it occcured at the family home, as opposed to sending out alot of hitmans, assassins or trained professional killers! As an action fan, this was a complete waste of my time! Good dialouge exchanges occur at the beginning completely ruined by the second half especially the fact that the film turned the Caine character into a villian making it even less sense! I've got so much to say about this film except that I don't feel to waste the space!

1 out of 4.