The Usual Suspects is one of those films where the less you know before you see it, the better. So, in case you're one of the few people who have never seen it, I'll limit the plot summary to this: a group of five criminals are brought together in a police line-up and subsequently team up to do a job. There are two things that make this film so strong: the plot and the lead actors. Starting with the plot, it's a twisty-turny, labyrinthine plot that often leaves you wondering what on earth is happening. Not that the plot is confusing - it's actually very clearly written and the basic structure of the film is fairly obvious. What's not clear, however, is how all ...  Read the complete review

Without a doubt, The Usual Suspects is the most intelligent film ever made, and is pitch perfect. It can easily be mentioned in the same sentence as such films as Chinatown, The Maltese Falcon and all those other films that have complex plots with excellent twists. But this film does have the best twist of all, and really throws you in every direction it possibly can. It has no real star as such, as even Kevin Spacey was in the middle of building up his career. So this was very much a film that had no real star, and is based around pure character acting. The Usual Suspects stars Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benecio Del Toro, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollock and ...  Read the complete review

The Usual suspects is one of my favourite movies not just because of the amazing twist at the end which is one of the best I've seen in a film, but also the performance of Kevin Spacey in particular is fantastic. Kevin Spacey brilliantly plays a con man and a very talkative crippled man who has been arrested and is being quizzed about various crimes committed. His narrative throughout the movie kept me transfixed and is what I clung to in the effort to try and understand what was going on and not get lost in the plot. Five criminals are placed in a holding cell in jail so that they can appear in a line up. However, none of them were actually involved in the ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The Usual Suspects is the film that brought X-Men and Valkyrie director Bryan Singer to prominence. It's a neo noir that features an impressive, and twisty, plot that's been likened to the complex stories written by 1950s authors Dashiel Hammet and Raymond Chandler. It won Kevin Spacey an Academy Award for his performance, and the screenplay also won an Oscar. The film opens as Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) is on a boat that's aflame. He is approached by a man noted to be Keyser Soze, a mysterious, phantom-like individual that nobody can identity. He seemingly murders Keaton, and then FBI Agent ...  Read the complete review

The Usual Suspects will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. Winner of two Academy Awards this film has all the qualities needed for a film you will never forget, directed by Bryan Singer (Apt Pupil and Public Access), The Usual Suspects is about Five criminals who are framed and brought together in a police line-up investigating a cime in Long Beach Harbour which left 27 people dead and only one survivor who is too terified to tell the police anything. Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey)plays the main roll of the five suspects and tells the police of a man who is feared by every underground organisation, Keyser Soze. Keyser Soze has never ...  Read the complete review