An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
- Ed
- (as Luis Guzman)
- Uncle John
- (as Joe Dallessandro)
- Pool Hall Creep
- (as Wayne Péré)
- DEA Guy
- (as John Cothran Jr.)
- DEA Guy
- (as Ousan Elam)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFootage from the 1967 film Poor Cow (1967) (Ken Loach's directorial debut) is featured as flashbacks of Wilson (Terence Stamp) with his baby daughter and wife.
- GoofsThe Pleiades is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus; it is not a constellation itself.
- Quotes
Wilson: How you doin' then? All right, are you? 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. When I was in prison - second time - uh, no, telling a lie, third stretch, yeah, third, third - there was this screw what really had it in for me, and that geezer was top of my list. Two years after I got sprung, I sees him in Holland Park. He's sittin' on a bench feedin' bloody pigeons. There was no-one about, I could've gone up behind him and snapped his fuckin' neck, *wallop!* But I left it. I could've knobbled him, but I didn't. 'Cause what I thought I wanted wasn't what I wanted. What I thought I was thinkin' about was something else. I didn't give a toss. It didn't matter, see? This berk on the bench wasn't worth my time. It meant sod-all in the end, 'cause you gotta make a choice: when to do something, and when to let it go. When it matters, and when it don't. Bide your time. That's what prison teaches you, if nothing else. Bide your time, and everything becomes clear, and you can act accordingly.
Head DEA Agent: There's one thing I don't understand. The thing I don't understand is every motherfuckin' word you're saying.
- ConnectionsEdited from Poor Cow (1967)
- SoundtracksThe Seeker
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Written by Pete Townshend
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Terrance Stamp plays one of those extremely volatile and dangerous Cockneys who goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for for his daughter's death .
Despite the over exaggerating accent I really liked this . Stamp's character is certainly unhinged and you definitely feel he has nothing to lose . He's out for revenge and nothing is going to stop him
I love the way we see flashbacks to when he was a young man . The flashbacks are taken from Ken Loach's first ever film - Poor Cow and because it's actually stamp as a man in his twenties, it's about as genuine as you are ever going to get .
This is one of Steven Soderbergh's lesser known films and while it's not perfect , it certainly doesn't look out of place with his back catalogue.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Denizci
- Filming locations
- The Astral House, 2210 Astral Place, Los Angeles, California, USA(Terry Valentine's house)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,204,663
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $187,122
- Oct 10, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $3,325,736
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1