Avery wastes no time in trying to dispatch our crusader with hit man after hit man, but, like we've already established, this Wilson guy is not going to let nothing stop him until he gets his man. Just like the similarly entertaining crime capers The Boondock Saints, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, more people should have caught this one. Movie patrons missed out on a good looking film with an Oscar quality type performance from screen veteran Stamp, who I first caught chewing the scenery twenty years ago in Superman II, and then had a critical field day with Priscilla, Queen of the Desert a decade later. The film and especially the work of its headliner were simply overshadowed by more commercial and critically acclaimed ventures such as The Insider and The Green Mile. The film, as like most others, does have its share of flaws, and is not perfect.
Some spots are slow-moving, while others simply go nowhere.
There will also be some people out there that will not appreciate or fully understand the director's showy style of interlacing scenes. In fact, some movie buffs might feel bounced around a little too much, but, on the whole, the filmmaker's techniques are very effective and work well here. However, these applications wouldn't have worked at all if it wasn't for the ultra cool work of Stamp, and the ample support given to him by the rest of the cast. The Limey may be slow paced, but it's done deliberately so that the tension builds. This man wants to see if it's truly not too late to get some answers and some things right for a change.