Rotten
It wallows in its ceaseless bloodbath and emerges like its protagonist -- sleazy and second-rate.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Get Carter
What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter!
1971 · 1h 52m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Mike Hodges
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Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Mike Hodges' top-notch adaptation of a Ted Lewis novel not only maintains interest but conveys with rare artistry, restraint and clarity the many brutal, sordid and gamy plot turns.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Caine has been mucking about in a series of potboilers, undermining his acting reputation along the way, but Get Carter shows him as sure, fine and vicious -- a good hero for an action movie.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Refusing ever to dwell, it cuts sharp rather than deep, but sharp enough.
Time Out
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