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Director: Bryan Singer
Verdict: Meh An intense crime drama, The Usual Suspects is a complex story of a group of criminals as they are controlled from the mysterious Keyser Söze and chased by the police, held together strongly by the plot. The story follows the police as they interrogate Roger “Verbal” Kint and a hungarian gangster who is severely burned. Five men have been coerced into destroying tonnes of cocaine. However the plan goes bad when no cocaine is found. It is learned that Söze is a notorious underground crime lord who no one really knows if he exists or not. As Verbal is set free by the FBI, it is learned that he is Söze and the agent runs after him, but he has already disappeared. The plot is extremely confusing and complex as it flips between present day and events that lead up to the present as well as events nearly completely disconnected from the plot entirely. It is also told mostly through flashbacks, making b=keeping events, characters, and motives straight is very difficult. However this lends itself to the movie as a whole as it adds to the mood of the film. If it was a cut and dry straight through movie it would be rather bland with the movie never having a proper climax and a lack of suspense. The Usual Suspect is not a movie a casual viewer with other things preoccupying their mind can watch and fully understand. It demands the attention of its viewers to fully reveal its true magnificence.
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