The Limey


The Limey is a 1999 American crime film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmn, Barry Newman, and Peter Fonda.

Wilson travels to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his daughter, Jenny. She reportedly had died in a car accident, but Wilson suspects she was murdered. Recently released from a British prison, he is a hardened man. Arriving in Los Angeles, he meets Jennys friends Eduardo Guzmn and Elaine Warren and questions them. Finding they pass his initial inquiry, he elicits their help in investigating Jennys death. One suspect that emerges is Jennys boyfriend, a record producer named Terry Valentine Fonda. Investigating him it is learned that besides his legitimate record company business, Valentine has involvement in drug trafficking. His involvement is managed through his security consultant, Avery Newman. Wilson locates a warehouse used by the drug trafficker, and questions the men there. Laughing at him, they beat him, insult his daughter and throw him out onto the street. Undeterred, Wilson retrieves a hand gun and returns to the warehouse, shooting dead all but one of the employees. As the survivor flees, Wilson shouts after him Tell him... Im comingBack with Elaine and Eduardo, Wilson reminisces about his earlier life with his daughter, whom he remembers only as a child. Worried her father would be sent away to prison, she would threaten to call the police whenever she found evidence of the crimes he had been involved in. He recalls she never followed through on her threats, because she loved him and it became a sad joke between them. However, his life of crime put a strain on his family. He ended up in prison after the men he was involved with sold him out to the police. ........

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