Get Carter (2000)

I really liked this movie, I know, I'm surprised too because the reviews were not too kind. But its sort of stuck with me over the last couple of days.Sylvester Stallone takes over the role Michael Caine played in the original 1971 British version as Jack Carter, a shiny suit wearing debt collector from Las Vegas who returns to Seattle for his estranged brother's funeral and is soon investigating the events that led to his death. He's a character I instantly felt sorry for, he's alone, lonely, obviously hates his life and everyone treats him like sh!t.The mood throughout is dark, violent and gritty with some interesting cinematography thrown in; jump cuts, strange angles and colour filters but there's also some good car chases, shoot outs and fight scenes. Stallone gets beat up real bad here by strip club owner Mickey Rourke.As a whole this film is pretty average but Stallone has a couple of moments where he amazes and makes you realize that he can really act when he wants to. He has several scenes with his niece (Rachael Leigh Cook) which are all quite strong but the one on the rooftop where she tells him what happened to her and he reacts is just astounding, probably one of the most powerful moments I've ever seen from Stallone as an actor.Alan Cummings also shines, Michael Caine has a cameo and randomly the soundtrack by (Tyler Bates) is quite decent as I watched this on the treadmill. *Vancouver as Seattle 4/6/16

Get Carter (2000): Dir: Stephen Kay / Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Rachel Leigh Cook, Michael Caine, Alan Cumming: Heavy advertizing showcases mindless violence and complete idiocy. Forget Carter and find something of worth to watch. Sylvester Stallone plays a bad man named Jack Carter who slaps people around. That in itself must have taken extreme thought from the screenwriter. He is back in town to attend his brother's funeral whose wife wonders why he cares at all. He doesn't buy it as an accident and gets the real deal on a surveillance camera where a disc is passed. Scenes involving Carter's other job are a distraction and only serve for violence. Director Stephen Kay handles the action with fine locations but this is just a bigger budget and more violent version of the 1971 original starring Michael Caine, which likely had a more detailed screenplay. Story is almost entirely smash, boom, bang, pow, blam, yank, ka-boom! Stallone sounds less intelligent with each spoken word. He is there to fight and nothing more. Mickey Rourke plays Stallone's punching bag. Rachel Leigh Cook plays a confused teenager. She must be really confused to agree to be part of this garbage. Cameo by Michael Caine who really should have declined seeing that this is an insult. Forget Carter and leave the theatre with dignity. Score: 2 / 10

I'll keep this short and sweet. First off, Sly, does not deserve a Razzie for this. It's a great comeback, after his bestest in 98's Copland, and he's very good in this role, a trifle menacing, yes. In fact I'd rather watch Sly than Caine, who ironically plays a shady villain in this. Caine's dull expressions and deadpan looks he brought to the Carter role, though indeed, he was much more menacing, just somehow created a real dullness, where Stallone adds a lot of flare to the role, (the actors business) someone you don't want double cross, one guy, so lucky for having Carter spare him, was a moment I found gruelingly tense. Again it's family vengeance for Jack Carter, who leans on people who are late with their payments by use of physical force. One term to describe these heavies are called Shylocks. Stallone is given great dialogue, and has some great acting support from Miranda Richardson, very strong, Caine, character actor, John Mcginley as one of Sly's own, and another baddie Mickey Rourke, no longer a pretty face. He's given some great dialogue too. Jack who's brother was caught up in some dirty dealings involving prostitution and making sex tapes, his need to get to the bottom of this really grows, especially when his niece (Rachel Leigh Cook-very good) is caught up in it. Then he really steams. Here's a guy who's not gonna stop until he finds his man, where he doesn't like outside interruptions, like from Mcginley who he pummels the s..t out of in an elevator, to the racey tune of an instrumental "Jingle Bells". Again here's a livelier remake I like better than the original, which some great action sequences, including a thrilling car chase, hey, but what's a Sly movie without action.

This movie is just not worth watching...It starts slowly with a stupid scene, the whole movie goes from one scene to another within seconds, even the fighting and the killing are shorten and you find yourself watch half a fight and then the result of the fight...There is a plot... but while watching you just get lost, details are moving too fast and the only long shots are the important clues (so you immediately know it's a clue) and the drama talks.The editing and sound mixing is super bad, in order to fill it all in 102 minutes you can hear talks starting from the scene before and only a few seconds later you can sea the real scene. The video editing is not a hit either, a lot of flashbacks and other trite scenes.Shortly, not a recommended movie.