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Rent The Limey (1999)

Deeply satisfying, awesomely stylish – time Out
Wilson is on a mission. He’s out to avenge his daughter’s death and will stop at nothing to find the man responsible. Travelling from England to Los Angeles Wilson takes on LA’s toughest criminals searching for clues.
After surviving a near death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

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The Limey review by RP

Grizzled Cockney career criminal searches for the truth of his daughter's death

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It's not a gangster film, nor an action film, nor a revenge film. It covers a father's search for the truth of his daughter's death and is told in a sort of photo-montage, cut-up style, with abrupt time shifts, flashbacks and flash forwards, together with introspective moments. Terence Stamp plays a grizzled Cockney career criminal who has spent much of his life in prison, thus losing touch with his daughter. He comes to LA to avenge her death but spends much of the time thinking about their limited time together and what might have been. The flashbacks to a happier time are well done, using clips from the Ken Loach film 'Poor Cow' which starred a young Terence Stamp and Carol White. 3/5 stars.