It’s like the original 'Get Carter' channeled through 'Point Blank,' a hard-edged revenge thriller steeped in sorrow and regret.

| Mar 2, 2024

The bare bones of The Limey’s story are gripping enough [...] but what Steven Soderbergh does with them elevates this neo-noir thriller into something utterly singular and stacked with layers upon layers of meaning.

| Sep 23, 2023

The Limey is one of many American films released in 1999 that seemed to be saying goodbye to the rebel spirit that allowed indies and mainstream movies to comingle as they had in the ’70s.

| Oct 24, 2022

It's a brisk and relentless story, with a killer supporting cast (Lesley Anne Warren, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt and Luis Guzmán!) and an inevitability that you feel in every cut. Truly one of the great films of 1999.

| Sep 10, 2021

...a high-water-mark in Soderbergh's admittedly spotty body of work.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 30, 2020

The Limey is a very simple noir revenge tale, told in broad daylight in a very complicated way.

| Mar 25, 2019

Assuredly Soderbergh's masterpiece

| Feb 14, 2010

Not your standard revenge movie, thanks to the inventive and stylish direction of Steven Soderbergh.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 28, 2009

A montagem, a interessante utilização de imagens de Poor Cow e, claro, a interpretação impecável de Stamp transformam um roteiro prosaico em uma experiência intrigante.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 2, 2009

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 27, 2007

The crimer suffers from a slim, underdeveloped script by Lem Dobbs (who also write Kafka), but benefits from Soderbergh's astute direction that posits two 1960s cinematic icons, Brit Terrence Stamp and American Peter Fonda as long-time enemies.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 9, 2006

Soderbergh returns to the crime genre, but The Limey couldn't be more different than Out of Sight, except for the fact that it's just as good.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 26, 2006

Bien que le scénario soit plutôt conventionnel, The Limey amène une bouffée de fraicheur au genre grâce à la touche bien particulière de Soderbergh.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Dec 17, 2004

Soderbergh's brilliant non-linear storytelling keeps us asking questions about this gunslinging Brit right to the end.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 6, 2004

The movie belongs to Stamp and Fonda.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2004

[Stamp] hasn't had a role like this since his heyday in the '60s and he shows he has been overlooked far too long.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2004

Those interested in more challenging work will find the film a unique meditation on the nature of Hollywood.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2004

Stamp is the elder statesman of intelligent counterculture cinema, and his performance here makes what is otherwise a lackluster project come energetically alive.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 3, 2003

An apparently simple movie that demands and rewards a deeper look.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 25, 2003

The film is subtly stolen by Amelia Heinle, joining such actresses as Andie MacDowell, Elisabeth Shue, Betsy Brantley and Jennifer Lopez as the latest in a line of Soderbergh's saving graces.

| Dec 2, 2002