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The Usual Suspects (1995)

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Release Date: September 1, 1995
Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense
Running Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R.
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Christine Estabrook, Jack Shearer, Phillip Simon, Carl Bressler, Paul Bartel, Dan Hedaya, Giancarlo Esposito, Suzy Amis, Pete Postlethwaite, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Pollak, Benicio Del Toro, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin

A boat, supposedly carrying $91 million in cocaine, blows apart, leaving twenty-eight dead. There are only two survivors: A Hungarian gangster and crippled con-man Roger "Verbal" Kint. The Hungarian is badly burned and restricted to a hospital bed where the police immediately begin to question him. The only thing they can understand is the name Keyser Soze.

Meanwhile, U.S. Customs Special Agent David Kujan is interrogating Verbal. Granted complete immunity, Verbal has no restraints and Read more

Movie Review

Grade: A- The Usual Suspects is a rare mix of intricate storytelling and masterful directing, with one of the best twist endings ever. The movie would be worth it just for the ending, but the ending would not be significant without the rest of the story. Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin, and Benicio Del Toro star in the intriguing movie from Bryan Singer. Read the full movie review

User Comments & Reviews

invisible, by B to the Dizzo

September 26, 2003

I don't see what the big deal is about this movie. I knew who Keyser Soze was all along. Audiences act like it was soooo surprising, when it was just a huge, overly intricate storyline, with a bumbling character named Verbal-(?) Kint who tells a hard to understand version of a story. No big deal to me, really.

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