1971 · crime · thriller · british
Get Carter
Directed by Mike Hodges1h 52m1971
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.
Our read: Get Carter (1971) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · british entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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