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.
Editing
Soderbergh's jagged time jumps turn revenge into existential poetry
Acting
Stamp's thousand-yard stare could stop traffic on the 405
Direction
Soderbergh operating at peak experimental mid-budget confidence
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Terence Stamp
Wilson
Lesley Ann Warren
Elaine
Luis Guzmán
Eduardo Roel
Barry Newman
Jim Avery
Joe Dallesandro
Uncle John
Nicky Katt
Stacy the Hitman
Peter Fonda
Terry Valentine
Amelia Heinle
Adhara
Melissa George
Jennifer 'Jenny' Wilson
William Lucking
Warehouse Foreman
Matthew Kimbrough
Tom Johannson
John Robotham
Rick (Valentine's Bodyguard)
Steve Heinze
Larry (Valentine's Bodyguard)
Nancy Lenehan
Lady on Plane
Wayne Péré
Pool Hall Creep
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soderbergh reused footage from Ken Loach's 1967 film 'Poor Cow' for Stamp's flashbacks, creating an accidental decades-spanning character study.
The screenplay was written specifically for Stamp after writer Lem Dobbs saw him in 'The Hit'—every 'Tell him I'm coming' was tailored to that granite face.
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