Get Carter (2000) largely sticks to its gritty crime-thriller roots. Characters are cast along traditional genre lines, and any emphasis on identity or ticking representation boxes is basically nonexistent. The story focuses more on character motivations, revenge, and underworld drama rather than ideology or social themes. No notable forced representation or distractingly invincible diverse characters here.

This film doesn't go out of its way to criticize or subvert traditional values. Masculinity is depicted through the hardboiled lens typical of gangster flicks. Family, loyalty, and morality actually serve as motivating forces. Religion and traditional authority aren't major themes, nor are they mocked or pathologized.

There's no overt political messaging pushing a singular worldview. Traditional characters aren't caricatured, and there's space for internal conflicts and 'flawed' individuals who feel like actual people rather than ideological stereotypes. Different perspectives are handled through character action, not lectures or soapbox moments.