A story about family ties, consequences and memories. This is what Soderbergh’s
The Limey is mainly about. The film exquisitely utilizes editing, casting as well as re-purposing of another movie in order to deliver a theme of regret and nostalgia.
It begins with a deep, raspy voice demanding to be told about Jenny, then a catchy song starts singing “they call me the seeker, and I’ve been searching low and high…” which clues you in right from the start. From these 15 seconds the audience knows most of the plot. That the old-looking man who appears while the song plays in the background is relentless and he will look everywhere to get his questions about Jenny answered.
The old looking Englishman named Wilson had just been released from 9 years …show more content…
He imagines it a couple of times, all while walking towards him and each time it is different; He shoots him in different spots. This is significant because it shows he is a calculated person and is thinking if this is the way to end Terry. For him to imagine it more than twice shows he is unsure of this, and probably won’t end up killing him at all. His satisfaction lies in knowing what truly happened to his daughter rather than just ending the person he thinks is responsible for it. He wants Terry Valentine to know why he is after him.
At the beginning of the film you hear Wilson, the main character’s voice, demanding “Tell me about Jenny” while in the background you hear the sound of waves crashing but everything is pitch black. This is connected to the resolution scene, which was another scene I loved. Wilson finally gets time alone with Terry at Big Sur, the waves are crashing right next to them, Terry is lying injured on the sand and Wilson grabs him strongly while demanding him answers about Jenny.
Here Terry explains that Jenny was going to call the cops on him, but Terry didn’t know she was acting the same way she would with her dad. When Jenny was younger she got accustomed to doing this to her dad, she was never going to