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1998
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- The Limey is little more than a garden-variety fish-out-of-water yarn. It's like Lenny MacLean walked off the set of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels into the next Tarantino film: nice idea on paper, but an uneasy balance between brutal tension and outright comedy on screen.
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Oct 8, 1999 · Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" is the story of two older guys who hire their killers, and another who is a do-it-yourselfer. In its quiet and murderous way, it is like the delayed final act of an old movie about drugs, guns and revenge.
The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine (Peter Fonda)...
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Aug 9, 2019 · At its core, “The Limey” is a revenge movie. Terence Stamp plays Wilson, an aged British thief who lands in Los Angeles looking for answers surrounding the death of his daughter, Jenny. However, “The Limey” isn’t a cold, straightforward exercise in the genre, or the precursor to “ Taken .”.
Steven Soderbergh's `The Limey' is able to do just that. In `The Limey', Terrence Stamp plays Wilson, a career criminal who, upon being released from prison in England, finds out that his estranged daughter has died (or perhaps been murdered) in Los Angeles.
TOP CRITIC. The crimer suffers from a slim, underdeveloped script by Lem Dobbs (who also write Kafka), but benefits from Soderbergh's astute direction that posits two 1960s cinematic icons, Brit...
The Limey is a 1999 American crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Nicky Katt, and Peter Fonda. The plot concerns an English career criminal (Stamp) who travels to the United States to investigate the recent suspicious death of his daughter.
Nov 11, 1999 · The Limey Review. Wilson (Terence Stamp) is an ageing Cockney gangster who arrives, blinking, in sunny Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. The trail leads - pretty much straightaway -...
