Get Carter

A London enforcer returns to Newcastle to look into his brother's death. He does not accept the accident report. The film never presents the revenge as justified or satisfying; the man is cold, competent and pitiless, and the narrative does not ask us to like him. The industrial landscape of Newcastle, then in demolition, is used almost as a second character. Mike Hodges directed, with Michael Caine in the lead. Adapted from a novel, it counts as a turning point in British crime cinema. A real warning: one thread involves a film of sexual abuse, and violence against women is shown directly. The ending offers no consolation either.