Limey

Pros: Terence Stamp. Stylish use of flashbacks and flashforwards.
Cons: Shallowness of the story. Gratuitous George Clooney shot.

Ever since I had heard about this one, I had been trying to see it, so when I spotted it as being av ...

Pros: Stamp, Newman, music, technical razzle-dazzle
Cons: some underdeveloped characters, too much ostentatious technique

Having carried away Oscars for one of the two 2000 films for which he was nominated (Traffic; Erin Brokovich was the other) Steven Soderbergh has achieved mainstream Hollywood acceptance. I was suspicious of him before he received such an accolade. I...

Pros: Soderbergh's Direction, Script, Lachman's Cinematography, Editing, Music, & Cast led by Stamp & Fonda.
Cons: None.

Cinema in the 1970s brought not just a return to realism but also paved the way for new actors, notably those who looked like guys next door or the guys who just came out of the street. Guys like Charles Brosnan and Clint Eastwood weren’t guys ...

Pros: Terrence Stamp's simmering anger drives this movie forward
Cons: The hyper-kinetic style--full of jump cuts and flashforwards/flashbacks--is a little too jarring

The scene: a cocktail party at a record producer’s mansion on Hollywood’s Mulholland Drive. It’s one of those opulent, sunny dwellings that Robin Leach used to go gaga over on The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. At the party, all the rich and...

Pros: Very stylish thriller with exceptional acting.
Cons: Closed captioning may be recommended for those that may struggle with Stamp's thick brogue.

It had been a while since I had my Video Guru search the databases of his varied collection. I had simply settled for the usual summer fare, renting what was on the shelves, strolling the "this just in" section, renting what was easy and popular.
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Pros: Unique storytelling style, Terence Stamp
Cons: Soderbergh never returns my calls

Read Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, and you’ll quickly find that the language is more interesting that the action. It’s the method of storytelling that gets its hooks into you. Stanley Kubrick’s visual approach to The Shining...

Pros: Terrence Stamp, one of the most's most arresting actors
Cons: The flim-flam directorial bag of tricks

In the dark, first moments of THE LIMEY, a voice comes from the void, saying four words with gravelly tension and veiled mystery: "Tell me about Jenny". It's a voice that unmistakably announces the presence of one of the last unforgettable...

Pros: Steven Soderbergh, Terence Stamp, some nice scenes
Cons: Len Dobb's script and very basic plot

Describing the plot of this movie is almost pointless. Because how many times have we seen the premise of a dangerous family member going for revenge against the bad guy that killed one of his loved ones? Yet, as usual, with Steven Soderbergh at the helm...

Pros: Mr. Stamp; Mr. Fonda; great dialogue
Cons: Structure has the potential to irritate

If your story’s villain isn’t particularly heinous, give him/her a tic or habit—at the very least, annoy us. The Limey’s bad guy, a record producer who goes by Valentine (Fonda), is always inspecting his teeth and checking his gums with a Sulca brush....

Pros: Terence Stamp gives his finest performance -- in a crime movie that transcends its generic boundaries
Cons: Nothing significant

Steven Soderbergh's The Limey is a very good crime story, but its greatest success is as a human drama. Many have compared it to famous crime films and revenge thrillers of the past: Get Carter, Point Blank (and by virtue of that film,...

Pros: Modern film nor, the excellent Terence Stamp
Cons: Peter Fonda's death like grin will haunt me till the End of Days.

A great movie you wont like much...either you get it or you're asleep, no middle ground.

I just finished watching the DVD of The Limey, Steven Soderbergh's (Out Of Sight, sex, lies and videotape) modern take on film noir....

Pros: Top-notch acting from Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, reliable and inventive direction from Steven Soderbergh
Cons: A bit confusing at times -- definitely an undivided-attention type of movie

Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight is one of my favorite films and one I'm constantly trying to persuade friends to watch. ("Forget that it stars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez... no, she doesn't appear naked in it.") So when...

Pros: Marvelous cast glues together the story
Cons: A little thin, artsiness notwithstanding

This got good snaps from Epinions, so we picked it out of a lineup for entertainment the other night via Kozmo. It's a sharp flick, drawing deep inspiration from the works of Jean-Luc Godard and Ken Russell and doubtless many other REALLY arty directors...

Pros: Well done story presented in a very appealing visual manner.
Cons: Had to scan once or twice to listen to some dialogue a second time before we could understand the words

Days later, I wish the Limey were still going. I wish it were a series or a really long movie. Or maybe just that I could hang out with Terrence Stamp.

Basically, the Limey is a straightforward story of Wilson, a British ex-con who comes to...

Pros: Good acting and story.
Cons: Very slow pace.

This was an interesting and unusual film. It moves slowly and quickly at the same time, using very fast cuts and flashbacks to tell the story. This takes a bit of getting used to at first, but by the end of the film it makes sense to rely on the...