The Usual Suspects

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    The Usual Suspects
    1995

    Synopsis

    Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

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    Cast

    • Kevin SpaceyRoger ‘Verbal’ Kint
    • Gabriel ByrneDean Keaton
    • Stephen BaldwinMichael McManus
    • Kevin PollakTodd Hockney
    • Benicio del ToroFred Fenster
    • Chazz PalminteriUS Customs Agent Dave Kujan
    • Pete PostlethwaiteKobayashi
    • Giancarlo EspositoFBI Agent Jack Baer
    • Suzy AmisEdie Finneran
    • Peter GreeneRedfoot the Fence

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Variety

      The Usual Suspects is an ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in a seductively slick fashion by director Bryan Singer.
    • 90

      Newsweek

      This one's done right. Here's an intelligent movie with no special effects. You have to pay close attention, to listen hard to its cross-fires of dialogue.
    • 88

      Baltimore Sun

      Dense, ironic and thoroughly engrossing caper melodrama.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      The Usual Suspects is an accomplished synthesis of noir elements and, as such, is an entertaining entry to the genre.
    • 85

      Mr. Showbiz

      Byrne is a stand-up poet the way some actors are stand-up comics. His innate depth prompts The Usual Suspects to transcend its own cleverness--and this is the movie's smartest, least predictable surprise.
    • 80

      Washington Post

      This thriller is like a game of life-and-death chess, with quick double-crosses and wild gambits.
    • 80

      Film.com

      I liked this film better the second time around.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Dense with plot intricacies, thick with atmosphere, and packed with showy roles for a hip ensemble.

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