• Get Carter (1971) was received as shocking socially because people were surprised by the excessive violence and lack of remorse Carter had for his actions • The film was shocking socially and politically due to the relaxation of censorship which produced a lot of films that expressed this freedom, the film also expressed issues like the class system and the effects of the industrial revolutionary • A lot of changes were made to the remake so it appealed socially to modern audiences such as setting, time period, characters, storyline, and stars • In the remake the film was changed into a fast paced action film with lots of over the top fights and explosions to appeal to American audiences.
• Get Carter (original) was made at a time when censorship was very relaxed and films of that time explored that freedom • Only 2 scenes worried the censors the phone sex scene and the stabbing scene, the sex scene was censored in some countries like South Africa, there was also a 9 minutes censored version released in West Germany. • The remake faced no censorship issues because society had changed over the last 30 years and what was deemed unacceptable in the 70’s is now deemed acceptable • As society adapts and changes so does censorship
• Get Carter (original) received very different reviews from Get Carter (remake) because the original got mixed reviews and the remake got negative reviews. • Original was praised for technical ability and flawlessness but reviewers were shocked and dismayed at the excessive violence and lack of remorse Carter expressed for Carters actions. • US publication Box office magazine gave a cautiously approving review, describing the film as "nasty, violent and sexy all at once.” • Todd McCarthy called Get Carter “a useless remake” • Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times said that the film is "so minimally plotted that not only does it lack subtext or context, but it also may be the world's first movie without even a text