Absolutely Brilliant.....

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2013)

I am a huge fan of the crime movies having watched classics like Reservoir Dogs, Heat, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather Part 1 and 2 and Scarface among others. I must say that The Usual Suspects is not only lives up to the names of these films but it is one the best films in the entire Genre.
The plot is about an incident that takes place on a pier in California leaving all criminals dead, with only two survivors, one is an Hungarian who is badly injured and burned and the second person is a Cripple, Verbal Kint. Kint describes the events that led to the incident and what actually happened during it, to the Cops. There is a dangerous crime lord who maybe involved in the center of this incident. That's all I can say about the plot without spoiling.
The plot starts out slow but picks up eventually & retains the viewer's interest in what will happen next. There are many many mysterious things which are revealed in the present about the pier incident as Verbal continues to tell the story which will also keep the viewer on the edge of the seat. The plot is rounded off by an absolutely brilliant twist and an awesome ending. The movie also tries its best to swerve the viewer and succeeds very well. The ending is not only brilliant and fantastic but it also leaves a lot of room for interpretations and discussions, which is clearly what the developers had in mind.
The dialogue in The Usual Suspects is absolutely brilliant and it also has very funny and memorable scenes and the exchanges between the main characters are always interesting, even the brief heists that are shown have good action. And switching back and forth between past and present is a brilliant method of story telling. The music and sound effects are absolutely spot on and fit scenes naturally.
The acting is top notch, Kevin Spacey who gets the majority of the screen time steals the show as Verbal Kint, Gabriel Byrne is fantastic as Dean Keaton, Chazz Palminteri actually fits really well in his role as Kujan and acts excellently, this role was offered to the likes of Christoper Walken & Robert De Niro but they turned it down, but Chazz took such a tough character and played it brilliantly. Peth Postlethwaite is just spot on with his lines and just feels natural as Kobayashi. Out of the other three criminals Stepehan Baldwin is fantastic as MacManus with the screen time he is given, whereas the actors who portrayed Hokeney and Fenster do not stand out compared to the others but they still did a decent job.
The Usual Suspects is so entertaining to watch that you will feel like watching it again and again and still have a great time. Several scenes in the movie specially the ending sequence will just give you the chills and make you want to watch them again see how perfect the music, dialogue, the acting, the delivery everything perfectly fit the situation. The film is a masterpiece, and one of the very best in its genre, if you are a fan of crime or thriller, do yourself a favor and watch The Usual Suspects.
Overall: 9.5/10