Looks like no one is actually going to see the new "Get
Carter," so I'll quote from a review from today's Dallas
Morning News. The headline is
"Stallone slums it in 'Carter,'" and the film is immediately
compared to Mel Gibson's Payback as another film based on a
old "seedy crime yarn" that will make money. However, the
protagonist comes to a different end than in the original
(oops, spoiler). The writer (Chris Vognar) observes, "Suffice
it to say that nihilistic climaxes just don't play well in
this brand new century." Michael Caine has a cameo in this
film.
Still, the reviewer goes on, the new version of Carter "isn't
half as bad as it could have been, and nowhere near low
enough to hide from the press (which Warner Bros. did
anyway)." Stallone "shapes the role to his limited range and
makes the most of the film's world-weary tone."
Vognar ends by urging one and all to rent the "real deal"
(the original) in order to properly appreciate the
remake--both for what it fails to do and what it gets
right.
Now if I could just find an original to rent, I'd almost be
tempted to go.
Bill Hagen
billha@ionet.net
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