The Limey
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Movie Reviews of The Limey
Movie Review: KIND OF GREEK
Summary: 4 Stars
This film has the same problem Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" had. It was overshadowed by another film released at the same time. In the case of Malick's masterpiece, by Spielberg's highly cinematic but philosophically inferior "Saving Private Ryan". In the case of "The Limey", by Steven Soderbergh himself. "The Limey" was released just six months before "Erin Brockovich", and as you may remember, it was the second film which brought the accolades for Soderbergh those days, with five nominations and one win (best leading actress, Julia Roberts) at the Academy Awards. Ok. It wasn't a bad film, and most people actually need motivation. But "The Limey" is funky, less politically correct, and although the basic plot is pure greek tragedy, its nonlinear structure is more than tragic. In short, it takes more risks, it's more film and less theater. Now, although the DVD transfer is actually very clean and respectful to both the soundtrack and the cinematography, it lacks all that candy that makes DVD a great format for students. A great film, a not so great DVD.Movie Review: Brilliantly Done Revenge Flick
Summary: 5 Stars
Steven Soderbergh's The Limey is a different type of revenge movie. A throwback to the 60's, featuring Terrence Stamp and Peter Fonda as opposing forces in this revenge film. First of all, the film is beautiful. Some of the best cinematography this side of Terrence Malick. Steven Soderbergh is a very talented filmmaker. One of the best working today.
The story features Stamp as Wilson, a recently released British man who comes to the states to seek out the cause of his daughter's "accidental" death.
A very good film. The DVD features a commentary with Soderbergh and Lem Dobbs (writer of Dark City (New Line Platinum Series)), a second docu-commentary with the stars, an isolated music score, and plenty of other features.
HIghly recommended.
Movie Review: Terrific, offbeat action flick
Summary: 5 Stars
Expect the unexpected in this film, which is tense, humorous and filled with creativity of film-making and lots of surprises, the most interesting and enjoyable action flick I have seen in a long time.Movie Review: A celebrated film worth one viewing but not much more
Summary: 3 Stars
The Limey is celebrated as the film that gave Terence Stamp a starring role and as director Steven Soderbergh's last independent hurrah before winning the Academy Award with Traffic. It's a revenge drama (an ex-con heads out to Los Angeles to avenge the murder of his daughter) told in flashbacks and flashforwards. I've read dozens of reviews on Amazon and on the Amazon-owned movie database website, and I was surprised to notice how often the analogy of a deck of cards was employed in descriptions of the movie. Fans celebrate the film for its agile flipping through a deck of cards, for the fluidity of time in the storyline.
I'm a dissenting voice, and no, I didn't not like the movie because I'm not "film-savvy." It is a beautiful Los Angeles piece which portrays the seedy underside and self-centered social climbing of the city of glitter. Henry Fonda, Terence Stamp, Luis Guzman, and the supporting cast are all excellent. The plot is simple and weak, and the jumbling of time does not make up for what the plot is lacking, The dialog is flat. The viewer is distracted by the camera angles and the use of music which swells over the dialog.
Movie Review: I loved this film
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this cheap off amazon or ebay and was very happy to see it. I wish I had seen it on the big screen but those are days gone by. Peter Fonda was good in this movie as was the whole cast. Terence Stamp is outstanding and I like the way he talks. This movie plesantly suprised me.