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1998 | Color | 94 min

A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother?s funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother?s death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle?s underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter is unstoppable, and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence


Country: Francia, Reino Unido, Irlanda, Alemania
Direction: Hodges; Mike
Script: Mayesber; Paul
Production: Lloyd; Jake, De Mardt; Marlow, Cavendish; Jonathan
Photography: Garfat; Michael
Sound: Miller; Colin
Music: Fisher-turner; Simon
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother?s funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother?s death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle?s underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter is unstoppable, and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence

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