"Get yourself a course in karate."

Now, Get Carter is the exception to the comment I just made about most 70s movies bugging me. This movie was GREAT. The story was fairly simple but had a lot of layers to it, and despite being a part of Gun Thugs week, I didn't even realize till about half way through that no one really shoots anyone (well, till the end). It was complex enough to keep us interested without being too heavy. Revenge is a common theme in these types of movies, and this had the common thread with On the Waterfront of the hero wanting to avenge his brother's murder. There are some weird twists to the plot, having to do with under aged porn and prostitution, but the main story was fairly straightforward - Carter's brother was killed by thugs and he wants to find out who and why. Along the way he meets all kinds of weirdos with their own bizarre situations. We were kind of surprised to see Michael Caine depicted as some kind of a sex symbol, banging every woman he meets, but the hotness of the phone sex scene with Britt Ekland is undeniable. Really, all of the sex scenes were pretty damn titillating. I also really loved the music, which is the complete polar opposite of the type of stuff that drove me up the wall sideways during cop/detective week.