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Film · 1971 · Crime thriller
Get Carter
Directed by Mike Hodges
1971
United Kingdom
★ 4.8 editorial score
Michael Caine plays a gangster with no charm whatsoever and it is his best performance: Newcastle in 1971 shot as a real place, and every British crime film since has borrowed the tone.
“As bleak as it is hard and viciously uncompromising, "Get Carter" is one of those films that has become increasingly interesting over time...It was hardly a proud representation of Britain at the time, with the unrelenting seediness of the Newcastle locations being less than glamorous. Despite this, Caine's performance as Jack Carter has gone on to become the epitome of cool.”
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