The director Steven Soderbergh and the writer Lem Dobbs put together this entertaining crime thriller about a hardened criminal from England who travels to Los Angeles to get to the bottom of his daughter's death. The plot has been done before but this film takes the basic premise and spins it with some clever story telling and a really great cast.
In almost a nod to Hollywood's past history Soderbergh put together an excellent group of performers starting with Terence Stamp (General Zod) is the transplant from England. Character actor Luis Guzmán who is always fun to see, is the person who helps Stamp. Lesley Ann Warren usually associated with singing and dancing roles plays an acting teacher. "Blues" himself from The Wild Ones, Peter Fonda is a mysterious record producer mixed up in Stamp's daughter's death. Barry Newman is Fonda's lawyer. Newman was the star of the car chase cult film Vanishing Point.
Soderbergh brought an interesting visual and editing style with flash forwards and flash backs to tell the story it gives the film a nice contemporary feel. Terence Stamp was a big deal in the new wave British cinema of the 1960's and he gives an excellent performance thirty years later. In fact the whole cast is working at a high level throughout this film.
The Limey was produced on a modest budget but unfortunately didn't make money. To bad, this is a quality film which is also a very entertaining one.
The running time is 89 minutes.
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