The Limey

Steven Soderbergh's The Limey is a highly critically acclaimed revenge drama starring Terence Stamp in the title role as a Briton Wilson.

Action

After a lengthy jail term, the Briton Wilson arrives ( Terence Stamp ) back on American soil in order to clarify the strange and mysterious death of his daughter Jenny and make the backers identified. He is on a quest for vengeance, to which he quickly the disk producer Terry Valentine ( Peter Fonda ) finds that his daughter had an affair. Counsel receives Wilson of the two friends of his daughter: Eduardo ( Luis Guzmán ) and Elaine ( Lesley Ann Warren ).

Background

The film was mostly praised for the performances by the actors and for the innovative cutting technique that distributes individual dialogues on several scenes and locations and in flashbacks even excerpts from an earlier film with Terence Stamp used ( Ken Loach's directorial debut Poor Cow). The term Limey known in English British.

Reviews

" The fool perfectly styled ambience and artful, as composed acting Images: Soderbergh offers more than just a pretty face. The flashbacks he assembled in a novel form, and thereby gave the straight, simple revenge plot a fascinating depth. Add to this a wonderful dry sense of humor. "

" Steven Soderbergh managed to Out Of Sight again a great success: the story of the revenge of an Englishman in LA lives of the brilliant achievements of the veteran stars Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. "

"With content and style economics, crisp dialogues, uncompromising attitude and clever integrated cinematic memories turns out, The Limey ' unpretentious as a genre film with avant-garde touch and entertainment right in front. "

Awards (selection)

Terence Stamp has been awarded at the 1999 Satellite Awards for Best Actor in a Drama.

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