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Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.
2000 · Directed by Stephen Kay · 102 min · Action · Drama · Thriller · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 4 frames
Tagline
The Truth Hurts
Plot
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, returns home to Seattle after hearing that his brother, Ritchie, was killed in a drunk driving crash. His partner, Con McCarty, covers for him with his mob boss, Fletcher – whose girlfriend Audrey is having an affair with Jack.
At his brother's funeral, Jack meets his niece, Doreen, and Eddie, a friend and co-worker of Ritchie. Both tell Jack that Ritchie rarely drank and would never have driven while intoxicated; Eddie also says Ritchie would not be involved in any illicit activities. He also talks to a woman, Geraldine, who is evasive and cryptic about her relationship to Ritchie. At the wake, Jack continues questioning mourners and well-wishers about what happened to his brother, drawing the ire of Ritchie's widow, Gloria.
He confronts the owner of the club Ritchie managed, loan shark Cliff Brumby. Brumby doesn't believe Ritchie was murdered, but tells Jack that Ritchie was having an affair with Geraldine, an associate of local boss Cyrus Paice.
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Crew
- Screenplay: David McKenna, Ted Lewis
- Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
- Edited by: Gerald B. Greenberg
- Music: Tyler Bates
- Production design: Charles Wood
- Produced by: Neil Canton, Mark Canton, Elie Samaha
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Jack Carter
- Miranda Richardson as Gloria Carter
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Doreen Carter
- Alan Cumming as Jeremy Kinnear
- Mickey Rourke as Cyrus Paice
- John C. McGinley as Con McCarty
- Michael Caine as Cliff Brumby
- Rhona Mitra as Geraldine
- Johnny Strong as Eddie
- Mark Boone Junior as Jim Davis
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Canton Company, Franchise Pictures
- Budget: $63,600,000
- Box office: $19,412,993
- Themes: ritual, pornographic video, car crash, remake, military
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