Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Get Carter (1971)
Jack Carter, an enforcer for a London mob, receives news of his brother Frank's death. So he goes up north to Newcastle for the funeral. But his brother's death is not the drunk driving accident reported. For one thing Frank doesn't drink, and for another, the local heavies are showing an unusual interest in Jack's presence. Jack discovers that Frank had uncovered a pornography and drug ring operating in the area into which his teenage niece had been coerced. So Jack takes his revenge. And the Newcastle mob take their revenge on Jack before the London mob can for Jack's illicit affair with the boss's girlfriend.
--Charles Smyth, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Get Carter (1971)
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Misc. Plotlets
- victim dies just after sex
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Criminal enemy is...
- drug dealers
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- moving train
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
