| | | Vengeance knows no boundary.
Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby, Digital Audio
Dave Wilson (Terence Stamp) is a tough English ex-con fresh out of prison who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter’s death. He quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con (Luis Guzman). His investigation has him encountering and confronting some of L.A.’s toughest drug criminals. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own. He learns that his daughter had been having an affair with a famous record producer, Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda) and that he is somehow tied to the drug and money laundering business. Wilson prepares to come face to face with Terry Valentine who is Wilson’s ultimate target. The film ends with a final confrontation between Wilson and Valentine.
"A perfect thriller..." Tom Gliatto, People
"...a lean and mean treat for savvy action lovers." Newsday
Editor's Note
With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis Guzmán), a friend of his daughter's who sent him a letter informing him of her passing, he finds out about her affair with Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda), a drug-dealing, money-laundering record producer, and begins to hunt him down. Partnered with Ed as well as Elaine (Lesley Ann Warren), his daughter's former voice coach, Wilson encounters a near-fatal beating, is thrown from a building window, survives a dangerous car chase, and battles an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals. Soderbergh's follow-up to the critically beloved OUT OF SIGHT finds him in similar neo-noir waters, but this time he utilizes atypical editing and narrative technique for the film's entirety. In a striking move, he ingeniously incorporates footage of Stamp as a young man in Ken Loach's 1967 film POOR COW for truly realistic flashbacks. As the fuming Wilson--a hell-bent, white-haired avenging angel--Stamp proves, once again, to be a truly magnetic screen presence.
Plot Summary
A dazzling revenge thriller set in the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles, THE LIMEY follows a recently paroled Englishman, Wilson, who has traveled to America to investigate his daughter's tragic death. When he learns of her relationship with a powerful music producer, Terry Valentine, he embarks on a violent journey in order to exact revenge. Director Steven Soderbergh uses a striking editing style to add a deeper dimension to the proceedings. The result is a visually arresting motion picture that features another unforgettable performance from Terence Stamp.
| Features | Technical Specifications | | Isolated Music Score | | Cast & Crew Bios | | Production Notes | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Theatrical Trailer | | TV Spots | | Writer/Director Commentary | | 1960's Docu-Commentary | | Widescreen Version |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Artisan |
| Release Date: 2/26/2002 |
| Running Time: 89 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 60750 | | UPC: 00012236607502 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Satellite (2000) |  | Terence Stamp, Winner, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama | |
Independent Spirit (2000) | | | Steven Soderbergh, Nominee, Best Director | | | John Hardy, et al., Nominee, Best Feature | | | Terence Stamp, Nominee, Best Male Lead | | | Lem Dobbs, Nominee, Best Screenplay | | | Luis Guzm‡n, Nominee, Best Supporting Male |
| Memorable Quotes| "Tell me about Jenny."----Wilson (Terence Stamp) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...[Stamp] carries the movie....A stylish, hard-edged melodrama..." 10/01/1999 p.32Rolling Stone
"...A mesmerizing mood piece..." 11/11/1999 p.145 Premiere
"...A strangely moving vision....Not to be missed..." -- 4 out of 5 Stars 04/01/2000 p.100 USA Today
"...Stamp remains blisteringly focused....For his part, Stamp probably has his best role since his own '60s heyday..." 10/08/1999 p.9E Los Angeles Times
"...A sleek, stylish contemporary L.A. noir, a solid genre film....All aspects of the film contribute toward making it a sophisticated entertainment of considerable subtlety..." 10/08/1999 p.C6 Total Film
"...THE LIMEY stands out as prime film-making..." 10/01/2000 p.102 Washington Post 8 of 10
Terence Stamp builds up such a head of angry steam in The Limey, it's a wonder the theater ceiling doesn't blister. And while we wait--with sinfully delighted anticipation--for Stamp to boil over, director Steven Soderbergh renders the time line of the story into the temporal equivalent of an onion. In his hands, a simple story of revenge becomes something to unpeel and unpeel again... [Stamp and Fonda's] polar-opposition in acting styles and temperament, their cultural differences and their pop-cultural synergy come together with almost delicious cacophony. This playful, fascinating joust, a sort of duking of personality, is the real issue of the movie. - Desson Howe
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