Get Carter is a 2000 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Kay and starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, John C. McGinley, Michael Caine, and Rhona Mitra. It is a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, in which a younger Caine played the leading role. The film was first announced in 1997 with Tarsem Singh attached to direct. Samuel Bayer was also in talks before Kay signed on.The film was released in the United States on October 6, 2000. Critical reaction was negative, and the film flopped at the box office, with worldwide earnings of approximately $19 million against a production budget of nearly $64 million.