A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death.A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death.A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death.
- Awards
- 7 nominations
Mark Boone Junior
- Jim Davis
- (as Mark Boone Jr.)
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
- Girl #1
- (as Crystal Lowe)
Lauren Lee Smith
- Girl #2
- (as Lauren Smith)
Mike Cook
- Richard Carter
- (as Michel Cook)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of the reasons why Sir Michael Caine agreed to appear in this remake to one of his best movies as it afforded him the chance to work with his friend, Sylvester Stallone. The two had bonded when they made John Huston's Victory (1981).
- GoofsThe Volvo 240 makes the sound of an American muscle car with a V8 engine.
- Quotes
Jeremy Kinnear: [to Jack] You know why I like golf, Mr. Carter? 'Cause the ball just keeps going away. The only sport where you hit that little sucker and it doesn't come back at you. I've gotta want to go after it and get it and when I get to it... I just knock it away again. You see what I'm saying, Mr. Carter? Once I get rid of it, I never wanna see it again.
- Crazy creditsOpening quote: "That's all we expect of man, this side the grave: his good is - knowing he is bad." --Robert Browning
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version of the film contains several scenes not in the theatrical rlease.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stranded (2002)
- SoundtracksQuick Temper
Performed by Red Snapper
Produced by Red Snapper
Written by Richard Thair (as Thair), David Ayers (as Ayers), Ali Friend (as Friend)
Published by Warp Music/EMI Music Publishing (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Warp Records
Featured review
Perfectly watchable thriller - but little more
A mob enforcer goes back to his native Seattle to sort out the suspicious death of his brother.
The original film is one of the best English thrillers of all time and despite being made nearly thirty years ago still packs a punch. Sadly this film is not really in its league, despite a bigger budget and more ground coverage.
The main problem is that the authors clearly love the original and this leaves so much of what happens as a question mark to the new viewer. Characters are thrown in from nowhere and Carters involvement with his bosses' girl is almost in another movie. Micheal Caine's small role (as a barman) is funny in that he was the original Jack Carter, here reprised by Sly Stallone.
While quick to admit this is mediocre stuff you have to say that you get your share of car chases (well done too), fights, creeps, sleaze, family bonding, shoot outs and even the odd bit of light humour. The fight between Stallone and Mickey Rouke (here playing a buisnessman-stroke-creep) for example.
This film features interesting cinematography, with strange forward jump cuts (ripped off from The Limey), odd angles and the use of colour filters. In short, the producers trying to make more out of the material than is in the script. The choice of a wet Seattle is also curious and different. Presumably the nearest to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (the setting of the original) that the producers could think of.
So it is only an average product, but will see much worse than this in our lifetime and it does move along at a fair and steady clip. People are getting to knock Stallone for being Stallone, but he doesn't do bad a job here, a stonefaced enforcer that is prepared to shed a tear when needs be! Not great acting, but he looks the part.
Don't be put off by the low IMDB ratings, plenty of worthy films are two or three points higher but are far more boring. Popcorn fodder it may be, but I thought it was worth seeing through and even declared myself modestly entertained at the end of it. Not as good as the original but not a lot is.
Footnote: This is actually not the first remake of Get Carter. A blackspolitation version was made in the 1970's called "Hitman."
The original film is one of the best English thrillers of all time and despite being made nearly thirty years ago still packs a punch. Sadly this film is not really in its league, despite a bigger budget and more ground coverage.
The main problem is that the authors clearly love the original and this leaves so much of what happens as a question mark to the new viewer. Characters are thrown in from nowhere and Carters involvement with his bosses' girl is almost in another movie. Micheal Caine's small role (as a barman) is funny in that he was the original Jack Carter, here reprised by Sly Stallone.
While quick to admit this is mediocre stuff you have to say that you get your share of car chases (well done too), fights, creeps, sleaze, family bonding, shoot outs and even the odd bit of light humour. The fight between Stallone and Mickey Rouke (here playing a buisnessman-stroke-creep) for example.
This film features interesting cinematography, with strange forward jump cuts (ripped off from The Limey), odd angles and the use of colour filters. In short, the producers trying to make more out of the material than is in the script. The choice of a wet Seattle is also curious and different. Presumably the nearest to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (the setting of the original) that the producers could think of.
So it is only an average product, but will see much worse than this in our lifetime and it does move along at a fair and steady clip. People are getting to knock Stallone for being Stallone, but he doesn't do bad a job here, a stonefaced enforcer that is prepared to shed a tear when needs be! Not great acting, but he looks the part.
Don't be put off by the low IMDB ratings, plenty of worthy films are two or three points higher but are far more boring. Popcorn fodder it may be, but I thought it was worth seeing through and even declared myself modestly entertained at the end of it. Not as good as the original but not a lot is.
Footnote: This is actually not the first remake of Get Carter. A blackspolitation version was made in the 1970's called "Hitman."
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- Language
- Also known as
- Прибрати Картера
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- Budget
- $63,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,967,182
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,637,830
- Oct 8, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $19,412,993
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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