Absolutely amazing.

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2003)

*SPOILERS AHEAD*
I've been speaking to my friends recently about that Top 100 Films that was on the television recently. We got talking about this masterpiece. Some people overhearing us said that the ending didn't make sense because he was hiding when Keaton got shot. As I to explained to them, what you see on the boat at the end, is what Verbal is telling the police, what you see on the boat at the start is what really happened. And other people didn't think Keyser didn't exist at all (which in a way could be true).
So in the end, we forgot about the Top 100 and just talked about The Usual Suspects. One of my friends simply said it was crap, he was 'politely' asked to leave.
To say that this film is crap is to be quite naive, as is to say this film would be nothing without the final twist. The final twist simply adds to it, it doesn't make it. What makes the film are the fantastic performances, the great chunks of clever dialogue and the characters.
Kevin Spacey is one of my favourite actors and rightly deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this film. Verbal Kint is quite a hard character to get right, because you had to be vulnerable, but at the same time be well.....*MAJOR SPOILER, DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT* Keyser Soze.
Anyway, I love this film, well worth getting, on DVD if you can, because there are some excellent extras including two commentaries.
9/10