Terence Stamp is The Limey Here he co-stars with Luis Guzman, Lesley Ann Warren, Melissa George, and the late Peter Fonda and directed by Peter Soderberg An English career criminal Wilson who gets out of a 9 year prison sentence He’s on his way to the United States to investigate the supposed death of his only daughter, Jenny He starts to get in deeper than expected particularly with main suspect Terry Valentine The film is very trippy in its filmmaking style and the editing jumps around a lot, and other scenarios play out This is more of a slow pot boiler reminiscent of the 1970s thrillers of old The big shootout doesn’t happen until the last half and the final confrontation Stamp gives a commanding performance as per usual in this neo noir piece steeped more in sorrow or regret It’s a farewell to the nimble spirit despite an underdeveloped story

An ex-con Englishman travels to LA to investigate the death of his estranged daughter, whom he thinks was actually murdered. Terence Stamps as cool and moody as only he can be. The script is undercooked but Soderbergh steers his ship with an even hand, maintaining the tension throughout.

Not just another crime thriller. This plot has depth as we watch a career criminal rethink his relationships. Terence Stamp's performance is outstanding.

Some of the most ridiculous overuse of cockney I've ever heard. NO ONE speaks that way. Must have been painful for the guy, as he is actually from the East end of London and would know. Pretty poor plot. Just meh. Hysterical having the one actress either in a bath or in a pool for 90% of her scenes. Hygiene! In sure that was it. Like a PSA about the importance of hygiene!

Interesting story that is much more about the father and daughter than murder drugs and sex. Much better than I expected especially the ending.

A movie about an ex convict, Wilson, who flies from London to LA to revenge his daughter's death. The movie is surprisingly better than expected from watching the first scenes. Wilson's affect is strange and at a robotic, and the movie moves with a slight back and forth timeline. Nonetheless, the movie doesn't miss a beat. If anything the end feels a bit rushed, we almost feel like watching it again right after.

Retribution may be a dish best served cold, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy it while it lasts! A British ex-con travels to L.A. to look into his daughters death, which leads him to a shady businessman who has ties to many criminals in the city. Intense, excitable, and a bloody good time to watch!

I've got a lot of time for this film. It's closer to Point Blank which John Boorman made with Lee Marvin than the actual remake they made with Mel Gibson. It has also got a lot of stars from the sixties and feels like a lament for this era.

Was the daughter alive or dead? So the bad guys get in a car and move to a beach hide out as someone's dad with a grudge threatens their lives. Hmm... Not really feeling the connection emotionally to any of this except the nostalgia for late 90's L.A.

Amazing performances by top notch actors. One of the best and most unique edited film I've ever seen. One of my favorite films of all time.

A revenge movie that doesn't really kick in until the second half. Entertaining enough.

3.5 stars; A very stylish crime revenge drama. There movie was 20 plus years ago. But it stands the test of time. You see a lot of these type of movies today that follow the boilerplate from this movie. Terence Stamp, Pwelleter franda, and Leslie Ann Warren We're at there acting prime back then, as well as Director Steven Soderbergh. All together made a good film noir.

Almost forgettable. Just nice to see old Terence Stamp. The opening is "The Seeker", a song by the Who, and their manager was Stamp's brother! A fun link.

Steven Soderbergh has a huge directorial output, at times he's been on a scale on par with late day Woody Allen. The Limey, a film that has gone under the radar both commercially and critically, nevertheless has its admirers. I guess I'm probably one of them; I enjoyed The Limey, although it is certainly not among Soderbergh's finest work. Terence Stamp throws about a cockney accent that's certainly something, as a volatile man who comes to Los Angeles to avenge his daughters' death. The tone of the film is strange, although the fact that the particular style of editing is kept throughout the film weirdly makes it work. Also, tonally it more or less plays as a comedy, making it feel almost like a Nick Love film without Danny Dyer in some respects. I was reminded of Love's The Business (2005) far from a good film, but also Sexy Beast (2000). There's no sense of jeopardy at all, and that's the risk you take with a violent action comedy, which essentially is what The Limey boils down to. Still, it's good fun, and without a doubt worth a watch, especially for the Soderbergh

The Limey is a tense thriller. Despite its deliberate pace, it packs in a lot of story in a very taut 90 minutes. Terence Stamp is outstanding as the aging protagonist, out for revenge against an equally aging but flawed Hollywood icon played by Peter Fonda. The story itself is simple but sturdy, and Soderbergh brings it to life with brilliant flashbacks, flash forwards, imagined forwards, and with clever editing. The photography, shot set-ups and camera angles are excellent, and serve to heighten the mystery of the story. Amelia Heinle has a small, passive yet crucial role as Fonda's very young and very beautiful girlfriend. Everything we need to know about Fonda's character is revealed though his interactions with her.

A wonderful crime picture with Terence Stamp being endlessly engaging. This is what the Get Carter remake SHOULD have been. It's a great revenge story, with a fantastic character. It's criminal this wasn't seen more.

Underappreciated and often overlooked, The Limey is a taut noir thriller that lead Terence Stamp grabs and runs with. Wonderfully edited (some find it confusing), Soderbergh is at his directorial best here and brings new life to a familiar plot.

Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller pursues the violence and vengeance of a British (hence the American slang nickname for the title) on a sinuous revenge rampage with a vertiginous adrenaline of frenzied editing devices and ingenious employment of scenes from a 1967 Ken Loach film also starring Terence Stamp.

Steven Soderbergh's The Limey is a film student's film, and I'm not sure that's necessarily a good thing. It is most notable for the way the film is cut, which creates a non-linear, unreliable (and sometimes unnecessarily disorienting) plotline. Sometimes this technique works very well, like when Wilson (Terence Stamp) is envisioning murdering Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda), while other times it's confusing, for example, when Wilson is retelling the relationship with his daughter to Elaine (Lesley Ann Warren). The final showdown was entertaining and I especially enjoyed how the ending brought things full circle, which pushed my score into the mid-70s instead of the high-60s.

For a 20 year old movie, this is an absolute treat from top to down. Don't know where to begin: the unusual editing combined with archive footage from Ken Loach's first movie Poor Cow that starred Stamp, who shines in this movie or the fact that this is a pure artistic revenge movie. If you love this, check out Fabrice Du Welz's take on it called Message from the King, starring Chadwick Boseman.