The Limey (1999)

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   mi-16evil

   Just a reminder that if you're watching this for the New Cult Canon list entry, technically the entry is for the commentary track for the film between Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs. Just pointing that out for all the completionists out there. 12 years 6 months ago
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   Siskoid

   Steven Soderbergh's The Limey has a simple revenge story - a Cockney father just out of prison comes to America to find his daughter's killer - but it's infinitely more interesting than that thanks to perspicacious casting and bravura editing. First, it's really a movie about the 60s and how its ideals have failed. Many of the actors are icons from the 60s and 70s, taking their personae to their logical conclusions. Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda are particularly good, but I can't fault anyone in the cast. In true indy film tradition, every character has his or her eccentricities, begging questions that aren't answered. Through a kind of fractured editing, the film acts as a memory, revealing information in non-linear fashion, and I love that. It even uses scenes from an early Stamp movie in flashback fashion, and seamlessly at that. The resulting confusion never lasts and actually ramps up the tension. I can't believe this movie isn't better known. 8 years 9 months ago
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   MarkE89

   Another underrated masterpiece by Soderbergh following a conventional action plot in an unconventional manner. Applying his jazzy style, further developed with Haywire, we are enjoying delicate brutality during his typical, and highly entertaining, musings on causality. Stamp devours the scenery with his ultra-cool character and we are treated to hilarious dialogue throughout. Worth a watch for anyone fed up with current attempts at action-comedies. 9 years 10 months ago

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