Get Carter and The Long Good Friday

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to take a butchers at two films that routinely vie for top spot in any self respecting list of British gangster movies. Both are more concerned with gangsters performing investigations, both refuse to sugar coat the nefarious activities of the their leads, and you could probably make a case for each film reflecting the mood of the decade they lead into. We are speaking, of course, of Get Carte_, a firm favourite around these parts for many a year, and The Long Good Friday, which despite the reputation it has garnered has so far been a stranger to me. Let's get that sorted and see if its as good as it's cracked up to be, and indeed if Get Carter is as good as we remember it to be.