Winner of two 1995 Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Original Screenplay, this masterful, atmospheric film noir enraptured audiences with its complex and riveting storyline, gritty, tour-de-force performances (including an OscarÂ(r)-winning* turn by Kevin Spacey) and a climax that is truly deserving of the word stunning. Also starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak and Pete Postlethwaite, this 'thoroughly engrossing film (HBO) is so gripping and diabolically clever (The Wall Street Journal) that it becomes a maze you'll be happy to get lost in (Los Angeles Times)! Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that the mythic crime lord not only exists, but was also responsible for drawinghim and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro Harborleaving few survivors. But as Kint lures his interrogators into the incredible story of this crime lord's almost supernatural prowess, so too will you be mesmerized by a lore that is completely captivating from beginning to end!

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::AMAZON REVIEWS::

Complex Scheme, w ith Surprise Ending
The Usual Suspects stars Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benico Del Toro and Kevin Pollak as five small-time criminals that get involved with a strange scheme I found hard to understand. The first scene is a line-up for a trumped up charge and as they wait together a plot is hatched to combine forces.

Several crimes are committed successfully, leading up to one big hit for $91 million dollars. Beyond that there is a sub-plot of Keyser Soze, a terrible, secretive, underworld killer gang leader that no one can prove is real, other than stories of his cold, horrendous temper and killing binges.

Because some of the dialogue is not easily understood, it was hard to keep an interest in most of the movie. The final thirty minutes make the Usual Suspects worth watching, strange yet fascinating surprise ending.

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See this movie, and see it again, and again
What do five criminals in a lineup do? 5 criminals in a lineup? This starting point already sets the tone of this movie. And it only gets better from here. This movie describes in flashbacks how a group of 5 criminals is gently or not so gently persuaded to do a job for the mysterious Keyzer Söse, a master criminal, the great puppet player. Every cut offers some new take on reality, offers yet another look at the interpersonal dynamics between the main characters and always leaves the viewer with the feeling that something is still amiss, like that puzzle piece which nearly but not perfectly fits, this nagging doubt in the back of ones head about a story too perfect to be true.
And thus we follow this gang on their path towards self destruction. Slowly all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, slowly one realizes that each and every move of them had somehow been preordained, that even in their rebellion they were still following the masterplan of Keyzer Söse.
The final scene, in which the agent interviewing Kevin Spacey manages to raise some of the obscurantist veil covering the whole real story is memorable and marvelous - and I will not say anymore here, not to spoil the movie for others.

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The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)
Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned and very scared Hungarian terrorist and Verbal Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining exactly what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for suspects on a hijacked truck and ends with the possible identification of a criminal mastermind. "The Usual Suspects" is a complicated puzzle of a movie that I you can't watch just once. An amazing original screenplay and tight direction keep up a substantial amount of tension throughout. Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, and Chazz Palminteri all give top-notch performances. But it is Kevin Spacey that makes "The Usual Suspects" work on all levels. Enjoyable the first time you watch it, even more enjoyable the second time round.

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great movie
all of actors together in this movie really makes worth watching again and again.
I have it on vhs,dvd and now blu-ray

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A Film Classic for the Ages
Don't be fooled by the Amazon.com review that suggests this movie is "convoluted". Anyone who came away from watching this movie with that opinion obviously didn't get it. The thing that is so special about the fact that all of these well-seasoned criminals are conned by a master-mind is that the audience is also completely conned. And you don't find out the truth until literally the last seconds of the movie. Along that way the plot twists and turns, as good plots do. The ending of this movie can only be described as awesome, because although that word is terribly over-used, it's really the only description that fits. I don't even know how many times I've seen this movie, but it never gets boring. The best line from this movie is not, "Who is Keyser Soze?". It's, "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

Watch this movie. You will never regret it.

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