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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Wilson attends Terry's party, discreetly at first. During a conversation inside, Valentine sees one of his security accosting Wilson on the veranda right before Wilson yeets the security guard over the railing to his death.
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Wilson realizes Valentine loved Jenny in his own way and leaves him alone.]]
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''The Limey'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Creator/TerenceStamp and Creator/PeterFonda. Wilson, played by Stamp, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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* BadassGrandpa: Wilson is a father, but old enough to convincingly play this trope.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/TerenceStamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson's appearance as a young man is footage from Creator/KenLoach's ''Film/PoorCow'', and Valentine's intro music is "King Midas In Reverse", whose lyrics include "He's Film/EasyRider with a curse".
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''The Limey'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Creator/TerenceStamp and Peter Fonda.Creator/PeterFonda. Wilson, played by Stamp, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Subverted. "I embrace this lifestyle," insists Stacy the Hitman, [[spoiler:only to be knocked off well before the credits roll.]]
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''The Limey'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Terence Stamp Creator/TerenceStamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson, played by Stamp, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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''The Limey'' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson, played by Stamp, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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* IndulgentFantasySegue: When Wilson is clandestinely attending one of Valentine's parties to scope out the man who killed his daughter, he fantasizes about just shooting him right there and then in full view of everyone.
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* IndulgentFantasySegue: When Wilson is clandestinely inconspicuously attending one of Valentine's parties to scope out the man who killed his daughter, he fantasizes about just shooting him right there and then in full view of everyone.
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* IndulgentFantasySegue: When Wilson is clandestinely attending one of Valentine's parties to gather information on the man who killed his daughter, he fantasizes about just shooting him right there and then in full view of everyone.
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* IndulgentFantasySegue: When Wilson is clandestinely attending one of Valentine's parties to gather information on scope out the man who killed his daughter, he fantasizes about just shooting him right there and then in full view of everyone.
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* HasTwoThumbsAnd: Nicky Katt's character tells the "loves blowjobs" variety.
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* ActorAllusion: Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson's appearance as a young man is footage from Ken Loach's Film/PoorCow, and Valentine's intro music is "King Midas In Reverse", whose lyrics include "He's Film/EasyRider with a curse".
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* BlatantLies: Wilson recalls how, in childhood, Jenny would announce that she would going to rat her father out to the police in an attempt to get him to go straight. He always recognized it as an empty threat. This comes back to haunt her when [[spoiler:she tries to pull the same stunt on Terry, who takes the threat seriously and accidentally kills her in response]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wilson's too late to save his little girl, but not to avenge her. [[spoiler: He stays his hand when he realizes that Jenny wouldn't have actually ratted out Terry Valentine and that her death was basically an accident.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wilson's too late to save his little girl, but not to avenge her. [[spoiler: He stays his hand when he realizes that Jenny wouldn't have actually ratted out Terry Valentine and that her the death was basically an accident.accidental and, in a roundabout way, he was partially responsible.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: offscreen, but an EstablishingCharacterMoment for both Valentine and Avery: "The goods have been turned around, the money's been laundered, the guys are dead. This is a good thing."
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-->"Now look, squire, you're the guv'nor here, I can see that. I'm in your manor now. So there's no need to get your knickers in a twist. Whatever this bollocks is that's going down between you and that slag Valentine, it's got nothing to do with me. I couldn't care less. Alright, mate? Let me explain."
-->"Now look, squire, you're the guv'nor here, I can see that. I'm in your manor now. So there's no need to get your knickers in a twist. Whatever this bollocks is that's going down between you and that slag Valentine, it's got nothing to do with me. I couldn't care less. Alright, mate? Let me explain."
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Wilson realizes Valentine loved Jenny in his own way and leaves him alone.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Jenny.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Terry Valentine
* EvilOldFolks: [[LondonGangster Wilson]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Terry Valentine]], and [[TheDragon Avery]].
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->''"You tell him, you tell him I'm coming. Tell him I'm fucking coming!"''
-->-- '''Wilson'''
'''''The Limey''''' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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* LondonGangster: Wilson.
* PapaWolf: Wilson.
* RunningGag: Wilson's use of British vernacular and Cockney rhyming slang consistently confuses the Americans he has to deal with.
-->"There's one thing I don't understand. The thing I don't understand is every [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckin']] word you're saying."
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-->-- '''Wilson'''
'''''The Limey''''' is a 1999 film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh. It stars Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Wilson, the titular "limey", believes American Terry Valentine was responsible for his daughter's death. He travels to LA to put things right as violently as possible.
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* BadassGrandpa: Wilson.
* LondonGangster: Wilson.
* PapaWolf: Wilson.
* RunningGag: Wilson's use of British vernacular and Cockney rhyming slang consistently confuses the Americans he has to deal with.
-->"There's one thing I don't understand. The thing I don't understand is every [[PrecisionFStrike motherfuckin']] word you're saying."
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