Terrence Stamp is excellent as the rambling yet suave ex-con Wilson who arrives in LA to wrap up some of that vengeance business. His daughter has demised whilst hanging out with rock producer Valentine (Fonda) and Wilson wants to know exactly what happened. With a little help from one of his daughter's admirers, grill chef Ed Roal (Guzman) he begins his quest for revenge.
This is Soderbergh's first film since Out Of Sight, another slick heist caper flick, and he uses some of the tricks he pulled there - mixed up time line, flashbacks, flash forwards and jump cuts enough to fill the enitre Royal Albert Hall. Some people will find this technique annoying, others may find it ingenious and inventive (like me).
It's cool, slick and well acted, Stamp and Guzman both add another strange character to their CVs and Peter Fonda, well, there's really not much for him to do. Most of his stuff here is reaction, not much action until the very end...
A movie looking or feeling like this does not come around too often. Catch it.
This is Soderbergh's first film since Out Of Sight, another slick heist caper flick, and he uses some of the tricks he pulled there - mixed up time line, flashbacks, flash forwards and jump cuts enough to fill the enitre Royal Albert Hall. Some people will find this technique annoying, others may find it ingenious and inventive (like me).
It's cool, slick and well acted, Stamp and Guzman both add another strange character to their CVs and Peter Fonda, well, there's really not much for him to do. Most of his stuff here is reaction, not much action until the very end...
A movie looking or feeling like this does not come around too often. Catch it.