The Limey . Tucson Weekly . 10-25-99

The Limey

DIRECTED BY: Steven Soderbergh

REVIEWED: 10-25-99

This is probably director Steven Soderbergh's most straightforward script since Sex, Lies and Videotape. But simple is far from stupid in this crime drama about a British ex-con (Terence Stamp) who crosses the Atlantic to avenge what he's intuitively certain is his daughter's wrongful death. Lem Dobbs has written some of the funniest crime drama situation comedy to hit the screen since Pulp Fiction, but Soderbergh's delivery is much more controlled and implied than that over-the-top affair. This is a slower moving, more visually told story, with something very '70s about the sound and feel of this sunshine-drenched, SoCal drugs-and-guns plot. The casting and acting are a perfect match (also starring Peter Fonda, with great supporting roles by Luis Guzmán and Nicky Katt).

--Mari Wadsworth

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