The Limey
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Movie Reviews of The Limey
Movie Review: The Definitive Thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
1999 took perhaps one of the biggest evolutionary steps we have ever witnessed in film history. We witnessed films like Run Lola Run, The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix, and other films what we would have considered strange back in '99. Its funny, because one of the first films that came out in 1999 so happened to be the Steven Soderbergh thriller, ''The Limey''. Which, in my opinion, was one of the most entertaining movies that I had ever had the pleasure upon viewing. The film is weird, funny, thrilling, bold, and brilliant. One of the reasons I loved this film so much was simply because of Terrence Stamps performance as Wilson. His performance was riveting, captivating, and just down-right mesmerizing. Lets face it, I dont think anybody in the film industry has a stare as eerie as his. In this film his stare alone can send you chills. Peter Fonda's performance as Terry Valentine is so well casted, you can almost smell his cowardness. Who could have selected a better director for the film than Steven Soderbergh? He is what made this film so professional. I love the way he pulls his magic tricks with the camera, on this movie. He also did a great job selecting wonderful music from the 60s as well. In my opinion, its Soderberghs best film. Personally, I didnt very much care for Traffic. It was far too overated for my liking. Anyway, you cant beat ''The Limey''. If your in the mood for suspense, I think this film will win you over any weekend. It will continually keep you guessing.Movie Review: Mean and Worthy
Summary: 5 Stars
The Limey is probably Soderberghs best work, it bests Traffic and Erin Brockovich easily, only Out of Sight and Sex, Lies, and Videotape are close. The Limey is one of the only movies I've seen where the stylistic chances the movie takes make the movie not just some self-indulgent art piece to be debated in film classes, but a poignant film that resonates and stays with you. Terence Stamp plays the main character Wilson as a tough sad English criminal that is trying to find out what happened to his daughter. His quest has genre underpinnings, but this movie rises above any genre label. A lot of credit has to go to Lem Dobbs script which sidesteps cliche and injects some worthwhile comedy into the mix. But the editing style of this movie is why I love it, it works in waves like memorys, its the only movie I've seen that accurately shows how your mind can shift from one thing to another. Right about now, I'm sounding like some chin-stroking art student hopped up on his own self-importance. But watch the movie and you'll see what I mean. The best part of this movie is that it is sad, the ending isn't a huge twist or some copout, its just profoundly sad, and there aren't many movies that evoke that feeling in me today. I'm done.Movie Review: Modern Noir At It's Best
Summary: 5 Stars
Dig this, one year after Steven Soderbergh made it back onto Hollywood's A-list of directors with "Out of Sight", and one year before he became Hollywood's It-boy with "Erin Brokovich" and "Traffic", he made "The Limey", a nifty little crime thiller that plays as much as an homage to 60's icons as it does a revenge drama. The plot is simple, an aging Brit named Wilson(the Brilliant Terrence Stamp), has just been released from prison and arrives in L.A. upon hearing about is daughter's death. Everyone says that she died in a car wreck, but Wilson suspects something more sinister afoot. His investigation eventually leads him to his daughter's older boyfriend, Valentine(Peter Fonda), a sleazeball music producer who has been up to no good, and then the quest for revenge starts.
Okay, it's definately style over substance, but what style it has. With Soderbergh's masterful directing, the inventive flash-foward/flash-backward editing style, Cliff Martinez's excellent musical score, and the wonderful perfomances by Terrence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Luis Guzman, and Nicky Katt, "The Limey" is a masterfully constructed mystery that is a must own for any fan of the film noir genre.
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Movie Review: badass noir film set in hollywood, doesnt get any better
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie rocks SO hard cause it starts with The Who song "the seeker". its about this british ex con who just released from prison, terrance stamp. he goes to LA to see who killed his daughter. the constant flashing of clips going back and forth through time is done so well that is it anything but confusing. in it are cool stars like luis guzman who plays stamp's daughters acting class friend in Hollywood. he drives him around the city and gets him a gun and bullets from these ghetto kids at the park. besides the opening who song, the rest of the music is perfect when it comes up. it is haunting and slowly suspesful music that suggests its 30s and 40s era film-noir influence. the film includes peter fonda, a record company executive mogul who has connections with Los Angeles crime partners. the beatles wrote the song she said she said about peter fonda.
this is a smart film that is truly a treat for its crime genre. the music, dialogue and story are craved by true crime movie lovers everywhere. and this is about as real as the genre gets. palm trees, hollywood, the hills, record executives, guns, blood, ex cons, THE WHO. I rest my case.
Movie Review: Brilliant direction and performances
Summary: 5 Stars
I debated over whether or not to give this movie four or five stars-- it seems to me that 5 stars is an overused rating, but I so enjoyed it that in the end I couldn't give it anything but. Now, I must warn that this movie is not for everyone. If non-linear stories confuse you, just forget it, you'll hate "The Limey." It's totally out of order, and the plot is simplistic anyway. But this movie isn't so much telling you a story as it is telling you about the characters. Which is why I would recommend it if you, like me, enjoy character studies. "The Limey" is *not* an action film, it's a character study of a career criminal who will soon be too old to keep up with his lifestyle. And my God, the performances, particularly by Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda are absolutely incredible. Of course, the movie rests on Stamp's performance, being the focus of the film, and he delivers in spades. But not to be overlooked is Fonda, who as something of a doppleganger to Stamp's character, Wilson, is every bit Stamp's equal. Steven Soderbergh's direction is unsurprisingly excellent. Altogether another great movie of 1999.