Out of Sight
1998
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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 movie opens with closeups of Terence Stamp 's tight, closed, angry face.
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) and ...
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User Reviews. The `revenge story' is a pretty overdone plot device, so when a film comes along that employs this theme and still remains fresh and compelling, it is safe to say that is a truly good film. Steven Soderbergh's `The Limey' is able to do just that. In `The Limey', Terrence Stamp plays Wilson, a career criminal who, upon being ...
The Limey is a very simple noir revenge tale, told in broad daylight in a very complicated way. Full Review | Mar 25, 2019 Fernando F. Croce CinePassion
Aug 9, 2019 · In his review of “ Side Effects ,” Roger Ebert discussed the threads of Steven Soderbergh ’s works: “Crime. Sex. Complicated yuppies. Smart people doing heedless things. Corruption in high places.”. Such threads are the key ingredients to genre films. Yes, Soderbergh has made big budget Hollywood movies—the “Ocean’s” trilogy ...
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman ...
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The review aggregator Metacritic reported an average rating of 73 out of 100. [10] Edward Guthmann, film critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, praised the direction and screenplay, and wrote, "The Limey ... is a first-rate crime thriller and further proof that Soderbergh is one of our great contemporary film stylists. Taut, imaginative and ...
