I am supposed to love
“Get Carter,” the gritty Brit mob flick about a London enforcer (Michael Caine)
going home to north England to kill the bastards who popped his connected
brother. And, damn it, Caine is friggin’ brutal bad ass in the role, swinging a
woman into bed or swinging a rifle into another man’s skull. But I just could
not get into this film, directed by Mike Hodges – who made “Pulp” with Caine,
and later “Flash Gordon.” So, I didn’t get “Carter.” There are too many trite names
–- Alexes and Allans and Alberts –- and too many scenes where Caine’s Carter has
to drive someone palace to meet some guy to talk about another guy he has to go
drive to and see and talk some more. And, hey, did Carter even like his brother? No. A gangster film
should be watched leaned in, eyes ready for the next blast of violence, not
spent studying the bloke under the shepherd’s cap wondering, Now who’s he? The ending, though, knocks you back into the seat. If only all that came previous were as direct. B-
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Get Carter (1971)
Labels:
1971,
brothers,
crime,
England,
gangster,
London,
Michael Caine,
Mike Hodges,
mob,
revenge
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