Get Carter (2000) *

Directed by Stephen T. Kay. With Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson and Rachel Leigh Cook. A inferior remake of the 1971 classic. Routine crime flick about a very tough guy (Stallone) trying to avenge his brother’s death. The plot of this humoreless little film would be hopelessly dated even in the 1930’s. And the approach - sombre and deadly serious - seems totally inappropriate for such a material.