Game-changing crime mystery

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2014)

The Usual Suspects is one of those movies everyone even slightly interested in thrillers knows and has most likely watched at some point in their life. But, if you're a newcomer and hearing about this film for the first time, trust me when I say you're in for a treat.
It's best to approach this film with as little information as possible. It has tremendous rewatching value, but when you're seeing it for the first time, it's best to know as little as possible. The script is so iron tight, so twisting and turning that it loses something if you have some inkling about what's going to happen.
It's also a very well-acted film. The team of five conmen, the suspects as they are, are all played by some very talented people giving their performances of a lifetime. Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Spacey deserve special mentions for portraying Michael McManus, tough, aging conman trying to get out of the game and Roger "Verbal" Kint, his neurotic, twitchy friend, respectively. Great chemistry, great moments, all around just perfect casting and acting.
The Usual Suspects doesn't disappoint and it's one of those films that are just as much the second time around. Heavily recommended.