You will be drawn to the mystery in the film noir

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 2020)

This film is mysterious from the beginnig. Night on the deck of a ship strewn with bodies, apparently an aftermath of a shoot-out, a wounded man, who later we know is a criminal Keaton, resignedly looking up at a figure who he calls Keyser, then Keyser aims a gun at him, and bang, bang.
Then it is exploring what has lead to the culmination. U.S. Customs agent Kujan sets up an unofficial investigation into a survivor Verbal, through whose statement we follow the series of events that he, Keaton and other three fellows went through for weeks.
The five men's mug-shot scene, six weeks before the ship and just after a truck-hijacking, is iconic. I already know in terms of plot, Keaton and Verbal are the main, and other three are something like supportive. But each man is equally attractive as a character. I love especially Fenster's babbling. And each man is a man who 'never bend over for anybody'.
After released, the five men go on to the next heist, and next. But pursueing is somehow turning into being pursued and manipulated. A lawyer calling himself Kobayashi shows up, and alleges his employer is Keyser Söze, who is told in the fearsome underground urben myth.
The plot is so complicated that you will hardly keep track of everything. But no matter how well you comprehend the plot, you will be drawn to the mystery anyway. As Keyser Soze's invisible influence is looming, their fate become desperate. This is a film noir, all about the misery of criminals, and that is poignant joy to us viewers.
I'm sure it must have been very astonishing Kevin Spacey's acting as Verbal was, as he was much less known back then. His expression is interpretable as A or B, which in turn irritates Kujan, played by Chazz Palminteri, who is also excellent. It often uses close-up shots, and every character's close-up face is tight and powerful. The suspense will never loosen you up to the ending, one of the best ending scenes I've ever seen.