Don't listen to the negative reviews

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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

A Las Vegas "fixer" (Sylvester Stallone; those who don't pay their debts when expected are greeted by this enforcer) returns home to Seattle after a considerable absence upon the knowledge of his brother's death. While on its face, the brother seemed to have been drunk behind the wheel and hit a tree, it turns out after some investigation that the crash could have been a ruse to cover up shady activities.A bartender, a porn "businessman" (Mickey O'Rourke; a real sleaze in this film) perhaps hooking girls out of a club he runs, a Harvard-educated computer whiz (Alan Cumming, in a rare straight role; he's a real weasel, always whining and pee-in-his-pants scared), and a pub owner (Michael Caine, who deserved a bit better than this underwhelmingly limited supporting part, considering he was the star of the original this film was inspired by) all factor into the results of Stallone's investigation. Meanwhile, Stallone's Vegas boss wants him back regardless of the investigation into his brother's murder. Gretchen Moll, the boss' mol, had been having an affair with Stallone, while the always-awesome John C. McGinley (making the most of a small role; most couldn't take the scraps he's given and make them a full course meal like John does here) shows up in Seattle to inform Stallone that the boss insists he returns no questions asked. Of course, Stallone isn't about to leave Seattle until those responsible for his demise are brought to justice (his brand of justice, of course). There's always somebody trying to thwart the investigation, and Stallone remains determined to see the course, with lots of car chases (and, especially, crashes), leveled faces from heavy punches landed, and quivering punks about to crap their pants. Personally, despite a lot of flak this remake has endured, I think it isn't too shabby actually. Stallone, when inspired, can deliver a good performance. He could always crack wise and look all muscled in Demolition Man or Tango & Cash (both of which are pleasures I can enjoy all the time), sending up his action star image, but when required, he had the pathos and wherewithal to apply his acting skills when the right role came along. Like something totally critically maligned (and less regarded) such as Eye See You, or even critically lauded by not as popular with the public (Cop Land), Stallone seemed on his A-game. Even the disaster film, Daylight (which I think should be re-evaluated by all of Stallone's fans; I think this is a good one that could find its audience), was an outlet for Stallone to flex his acting muscles. In Get Carter, this part asks him to portray a damaged character with a not-so-glamorous rep. In fact, his brother's wife, played by a rather wasted Miranda Richardson (her caliber of an actress seems miscast in an action thriller), doesn't even want him around while a young Rachel Leigh Cook (you know, I rather like her the more I watch her; some of the teen stuff she wasn't that challenged, but here is a part that is tough, playing such a girl surrounded by corruption and evil) confides in him because there's no one else around to listen. I think the best acting bits are between Stallone and Cook; here, the vulnerable side of the roughly-hewn, stewing, anger-seething Stallone is visible, while Cook can let down her guard and speak openly with him. A CD containing recordings of a drug-induced rape of a minor and a hooker (Rhona Mitra, simply stunning, even as she's glammed down into trampy dresses and make-up) the dead brother was involved in an affair with both could shed light on the false car crash and its purpose. With intense exchanges between O'Rourke and Stallone, which soon lead to fisticuffs (first, O'Rourke gets the better of Stallone, but later the results are reversed), and a shifty Caine who seems to be hiding something (he just has that way about him that can't be trusted) provide some intrigue in the film. I wasn't a fan of the photography (a lot of close proximity, in-your-face shots, and the camera rarely holds still very long) in the film, nor was the editing style much to my liking (I prefer compositions to last past two seconds), but Stallone's star appeal (and charisma), as well as, his sincerity in the developing storyline held my interest. If he cares in the part, it shows. It sure as hell did in Cop Land; I think, while his career was starting to decline as the 90s made its way into the early 2000s, he had some of the best performances since the early days when Rocky announced him as a major star.

***SPOILERS*** It's when Jack Carter, Sylvester "Sly" Stallone, got the news that his kid brother Richie, Mike Cook, was killed in a drunken car accident he decided to get the first plane out of Las Vages to Seattle and check things out. Being the top head cracker for the Vages Mob Carter used his extraordinary talents of cracking heads as well as breaking bones to uncover the true reasons behind Richie's unfortunate accident. You see Richie being a good church going family man didn't drink and drive and as Carter sees it the drinking that he did that lead to his death was strictly involuntary.Brutal and at times senseless crime revenge movie with Stallone as Jack Carter out to get his brother's killers where he ends up breaking every law in the books including cold blooded murder, in one case in front of about 100 eye witnesses, yet he seems at the same time totally immune with no one in the Seattle Police Department bothering to take the time to arrest him.As we soon find out the reason that Richie was murdered is that his teenage daughter Doreen, Rachael Leigh Cook, was picked by some of mob boss and porn connoisseur Cyrus Paice, Mickey Rourke, boys from a local nightclub and after getting her both drugged and drunk brutally raping her. With Richie having the evidence of Paice's men crime, a secretly recorded DVD, he was kidnapped beaten drenched with cheap booze and driven off the highway to his death on Cyrus orders. Carter determined to avenge Richie's murder then goes to a party thrown by Cyrus and after a brutal beating that Cyrus gave him evened the score by later himself working Cyrus over and blowing his brains out! All that right in front of some dozens of shocked party goers who didn't not only bother to call the police or come to Cyrus' aid, shads of the 1964 Kiddy Genovease murder, but even come forward to identify Carter as Cryus' murderer! ***SPOILERS****But as Carter intended to do in the first place he got the job done by finally finding out who really had ordered his kid brother's murder and as it turned out it wasn't Cyrus at all. But it was the person-the Porno King of Seattle-who had the most to lose if that DVD was made public and in the end in what you would call a Carter VRS Carter confrontation it was Jack Carter, the 2000 version, who prevailed. Besides the awful lighting in the movie where you couldn't at times tell who was who and what was what the most weirdest thing going for "Get Carter" was Stallone's suite paths as well as white shirt & ties. Stallone's clothes were far more indestructible then he, as Jack Carter, was in the movie. They never get dirty or wrinkled or even wet with all the rain there was at the time in Seattle. And even more astounding they never for once needed to be dry leaned or pressed looking in all the scenes that they were in the movie worn by Sylvester "Sly" Stallone as if they just came off the rack! Sylvester "Sly" Stallone's real life brother Frank has a cameo role in the movie as one of the mourners at Richie Carter's funeral.

Violent film about a hardman named Jack Carter, he is a domineering , dapper angel of vengeance who returns home to investigate a familiar crime and meets sleazy character after another . An acceptable noir film produced by actor Andrew Stevens , Elie Samaha and professionally directed by Stephen Kay (Boogeyman , The last time I committed suicide), though with no originality . An extremely tough movie burdened by cruel murders and seedy characters , based on a novel titled 'Get Carter' by Ted Lewis from 1970 . This brutal , austere crime-thriller focuses a cheerless enforcer Jack Carter (hard-working star Sylvester Stallone) , a tough , amoral gangster who works as a killer in Los Angeles . Passable Sylvester Stallone in the title role , but inferior to Michael Caine (he played Jack Carter in the original) here playing a secondary role as Cliff Brumby (his character was only in one scene in the original cut, but test audiences said they liked him and they transformed the movie to have Caine as the bad guy) . Here Stallone is a hit-man who returns home to investigate his brother's death by some mobsters .As he decides to travel his natal Seattle to investigate who is responsible ; Jack contends enemies , but he stands a head above fellow hoods , but not apart from them . Two-fisted Jack in order to revenge his sibling , vows vengeance and spontaneously meets sleazy characters (bad ass Mickey Rourke and nasty computer magnate Alan Cummings) in the middle of sinister bands war and running afoul into underworld . When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident , gangster Jack Carter travels to Seattle to investigate and reunites his widow (Miranda Richardson and niece (Rachael Leigh Cook) and he subsequently meets ominous characters who may have been involved . Carter aware the murder of his brother at the hands of a "gang" opponent led by a mobster . We see as his facade of sophisticated and elegant mob gentleman with exquisite manners , educated pose , and expensive costumes , begins collapsing , leaving see the lascivious, malleability and a cold killer . Carter starts moving in this ambient but all of this ends in a shocking discovery delivered by a compact disc which greatly angers Carter . This triggers a wave of violence that sweeps the the underworld lumpen in Seattle . Carter keeps the things moving along until ending vendetta. The end of the film is like a summary of the entire story for the scenarios that uses austere bleak and cold environment .This interesting film features thrills , well-staged car chases , raw energy , adult subject matter , clunking cruelty surrounding , lots of violence and enlivened by high-powered performances . Plenty of intrigue, atmospheric music ,noisy action and grisly killings until impressive finale vengeance . It is a very violent film , depressing charismatic , magnificently set , but always strong , with a perfect abstraction of a climate of moral misery to game with a colorful photography by magnificent cameraman Mario Fiore . Adequate and moving musical score by Tyler Bates with a rare mixture . The picture obtained moderated Box office , there were plans to do a sequel which never materialized .The main differences between the classic version and this recently made story are the following : The British 1971 bruising film "GET CARTER¨ far superior to remake , is an original movie with abundant nudism , kinky sex , excessively violent and set in Newcastle , a city in northern England portrayed as a cool place , foggy , sordid , rainy , dirty , gray and industrial aspect , shabby environment and ramshackle scenarios , full of sad pubs , buildings almost in ruins , piers of black water and ravaged aspect postindustrial , while this remake 2000 , viewed as an act of sacrilege in Britain , was set in rain-lashed Seattle , a bustling city full of light and luxurious pubs and glamorous nightclubs . GET CARTER 1971 was splendidly performed by Michael Caine with Ian Hendry , John Osborne and Britt Ekland ; there is also a Black Gangster version titled ¨The hit-man¨, a Blaxploitiation movie regularly directed by George Armitage with Bernie Casie , Pam Grier , Roger E Mosley and Paul Gleason .