Grade: C
In 1995, Christopher McQuarrie stunned audiences with the powerful
The Usual Suspects. So now, five years later, he has returned with
The Way of the Gun. However, there are several things that plague this new movie that have nothing to do with the movie itself. First,
The Usual Suspects was gripping and surprising, obviously showing McQuarrie at the top of his game. If that was his peak, there's only one way to go from there. Second, it isn't McQuarrie's name that people think of when they recall
The Usual Suspects; in fact, they probably haven't heard of him. So you have a story that can't possibly be as good as
The Usual Suspects, a movie that everyone has overly high expectations for, and names that can't draw big box office. But there's another reason why
The Way of the Gun will never be referred to the way
The Usual Suspects is.
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