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The Limey, 1999

Starring: Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Written by: Lem Dobbs

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.1

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The mood of The Limey is gloomy, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot centers around criminal's revenge, culture clash, and gangsters. It is a drama, independent, and thriller movie. Stylistically, The Limey is nonlinear and is neo-noir. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Los Angeles. The Limey happens in the 1990s. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes profanity and violent content.

Summary of The Limey

With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis Guzmán), a friend of his daughter's who sent him a letter informing him of her passing, he finds out about her affair with Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda), a drug-dealing, money-laundering record producer, and begins to hunt him down. Partnered with Ed as well as Elaine (Lesley Ann Warren), his daughter's former voice coach, Wilson encounters a near-fatal beating, is thrown from a building window, survives a dangerous car chase, and battles an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals. Soderbergh's follow-up to the critically beloved OUT OF SIGHT finds him in similar neo-noir waters, but this time he utilizes atypical editing and narrative technique for the film's entirety. In a striking move, he ingeniously incorporates footage of Stamp as a young man in Ken Loach's 1967 film POOR COW for truly realistic flashbacks. As the fuming Wilson--a hell-bent, white-haired avenging angel--Stamp proves, once again, to be a truly magnetic screen presence.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	8 October 1999
Runtime:	89 min

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Terence Stamp

as Wilson

Peter Fonda

as Terry Valentine

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Peter Fonda as Terry Valentine, a powerful but questionable record executive in The Limey (1999)

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Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda in The Limey (1999)

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Philadelphia Inquirer

The pleasure of The Limey lies in watching what actors who have aged like fine wine can do in that world. Full Review

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by: Desmond Ryan

Film.com

One of the best films seen in many years about the mysterious workings of time and memory. Full Review

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by: Tom Keogh

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I've seen a number of write-ups of this movie that describe it as a "thinking person's action movie." Perhaps "thinking person" is a euphemism for stoner. As other reviewers have noted, the actors gave universally excellent performances. However the... Read and rate it

06.October.2009
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by: Seth Battis
Seth Battis rated this movie0/10

a very good crime movie

Steven Soderbergh is one of my favorite directors and this is another movie of his that i liked. Terence Stamp who was a huge star during the 60s and the 70s got a chance to be the lead here and he did superbly well. atmospheric, rough and... Read and rate it

07.October.2008
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by: barak gilon
barak gilon rated this movie8/10Great

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