The Limey (1999 Film)

The Limey is a 1999 crime film by acclaimed director Stephen Soderbergh starring Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman and Peter Fonda. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival but took in only $3,193,102 after being shown at 105 theaters nationwide.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800019576/info

Recently released British criminal Wilson discovers that his daughter Jenny has been killed. He travels to Los Angeles to investigate her death and soon finds a suspect: Terry Valentine, his daughter's boyfriend, a record producer and, as he soon discovers, a drug trafficker. While attempting to accost Valentine, Wilson contends with Los Angeles' criminal underground, and meets Elaine, an actress who knew Jenny when she was alive, and is forced to come to terms with how little he knew of Jenny's life.

• Terence Stamp as Wilson

• Lesley Ann Warren as Elaine

• Luis Guzman as Eduardo Roel

• Peter Fonda as Terry Valentine

• Barry Newman as Jim Avery

• Nicky Katt as Stacy the Hitman

"Like Pablo Picasso thrillingly exploding old notions of how we perceive faces and wine bottles, director Steven Soderbergh thrillingly splinters time and action in The Limey."—Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weeklyhttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,64283,00.html

"One has no problem praising the bravura acting of the entire ensemble and the pic's impressive technical aspects."—Emanuel Levy, Varietyhttp://www.variety.com/review/VE1117499755.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

""...The Limey is an art noir that courts pretension but just manages to keep from succumbing to it."—Charles Taylor, Salonhttp://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/07/limey/index.html