Synopsis
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. 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.
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Cast
- Terence StampWilson
- Lesley Ann WarrenElaine
- Luis GuzmánEduardo Roel
- Barry NewmanJim Avery
- Joe DallesandroUncle John
- Nicky KattStacy the Hitman
- Peter FondaTerry Valentine
- Amelia HeinleAdhara
- Melissa GeorgeJennifer 'Jenny' Wilson
- William LuckingWarehouse Foreman
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
A small cubist masterpiece about crime and punishment set in that most split-level of environments, Los Angeles. - 100
San Francisco Examiner
Makes a term like neo-noir seem like a fatuous catch phrase. - 88
USA Today
One of those movies in which pacing, dialogue and the right actors enliven a familiar story. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
In its quiet and murderous way, it is like the delayed final act of an old movie about drugs, guns and revenge. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The violent story is standard "film noir" fare, but Soderbergh treats it with oomph and imagination. - 70
The New York Times
Among Soderbergh's widely varied films ("sex, lies and videotape," "Kafka," "The Underneath," "Schizopolis," "Out of Sight"), this one actually has the best chance of becoming anyone's sentimental favorite. - 65
TNT RoughCut
Soderbergh, like Tarantino, has a knack for making every shady character onscreen fascinating. - 63
Boston Globe
Can't outrun its very visible limits.
