Jack rechnet ab (1971)
15KJack rechnet ab: Directed by Mike Hodges. With Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne. When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
“British gangster classic starring Michael Caine as the eminently quotable, ultimately tough Jack Carter u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHard to believe that a major studio felt the need to remake this British gangster classic, which ranks up there with the likes of The Long Good Friday as one of the finest home grown films of the past 30 years.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enCaine is the gangster who goes to Newcastle for his brotheru0026#39;s funeral and begins to suspect his death was no accident; cue edgy thrills and violence as he exacts revenge on the folks he believes responsible.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enCaine, as in the majority of his signature roles, is superbly armed with a set of eminently quotable one-liners (u0026quot;Youu0026#39;re a big man, but youu0026#39;re out of shapeu0026quot; tops the bill this time), and as emotionally detached and violently ruthless as Point Blanku0026#39;s similarly vengeful Lee Marvin, while director Hodges paints a gritty, bleak picture of the gangster underworld.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enSoap fans will be equally intrigued to see Coronation Streetu0026#39;s Alf Roberts (aka Bryan Moseley) being tossed off a roof.”
