The Limey
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Movie Reviews of The Limey
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: A minor masterwork, innit?
Summary: 4 Stars
THE LIMEY is an engaging twist on the ol' revenge thriller motif, as Cockerney thug Terence Stamp hits L.A. like a cold slap, to find out what 'appened to 'is daughter, who reportedly perished in a car accident. In between moments of "fish out of water" dry humour, a story of lifelong regrets and melancholy emerges. Peter Fonda ably supports, in a role custom-fit for him; a rich, seedy faux-hippie who saw a good buck in the '60s-'70s L.A. rock 'n' roll business and milked it for all is was worth. Luis Guzman plays it relatively straight for once as Stamp's Latino guide around town, and Lesley Ann Warren is touching as a Hollywood B-actress who, like Stamp, is dealing with the onset of age and remorse. Another supporting player, Barry Newman, is like Fonda and Stamp, a '70s icon (from the great VANISHING POINT). Director Soderbergh's control of his story is (as ever) relaxed and guiding at the same time, and his use of an old Stamp movie from the '60s (POOR COW) to use as flashback material is near-genius. But it's the limey 'imself, Stamp, who leaves the most startling impression, his blue eyes alternately glaring and soft, his subdued temper mixed with reproach. Chilling, basically.Movie Review: A Miss
Summary: 2 Stars
Soderbergh's movies are usually hit or miss for me. I love Out of Sight, Ocean's 11 and of course, Traffic. However, Solaris and now, The Limey are misses for me. There are definite great parts about The Limey, such as Terence Stamp and even Fonda, but I just never really go into the story. I was convinced Stamp's character wanted revenge, but the scenes that were supposed to convince me of his love for his daughter fell flat. Soderbergh's signature style is definitely there though. As an early work of his, you can really see what he turned that style into later in his better works. The Limey is probably the first movie I didn't care for that I actually bought the soundtrack to, so there's something!
Movie Review: More than an action flick
Summary: 4 Stars
Although it has a fairly standard plot, ex-con seeks revenge for daughter's death, this film has several non-standard elements that save it from the 'B' action genre. There are frequent, short flash backs and flash forwards including alternate events that give a dream-like quality without turning it into 'Mulholland Drive'. There's surprising little violence, I counted less than a dozen bodies, and almost all occur off-screen. Also the protagonist anti-hero, played wonderfully by Terence Stamp, appears to be a more complicated than usual character although this isn't explored as much as it could have been. The ambiguous ending comes directly that complication. Although it has a completely different plot and is not as deep, this film reminds me a lot of 'Falling Down'.Movie Review: SMOOTH THRILLER
Summary: 4 Stars
"The Limey" is a lot like Soderberh's more recent film, "Traffic", in its looks and texture -- oodles of the sepia tone, same style of mosaic-clip cinematography, and the same relaxed, methodical pace that focuses more on character than on loud action, almost reminiscent of film noir. The theme is straightforward: a British ex-con arrives in LA to "investigate" his daughter's death. It is the manner in which he does it that the sheer class of this film pivots on. The cast, especially Terrance Stamp, are silently convincing. The action is understated, not your wham-bam if that's what you are after, and yes there IS a lot of action.
If you care about a character-driven but intriguing murder mystery, take this for a fling. Great stuff.