Mystery, suspense , twist and turns makes it very enjoyable movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2012)

The Usual Suspects is a movie which works first and foremost on an intellectual level and it is a riddle to be deciphered. This film is directed by Bryan Singer and the main characters such as Stephen Baldwin (Michael McManus), Gabriel Byrne (Dean Keaton), Benicio Del Toro (Fred Fenster), Kevin Pollak (Todd Hockney), Kevin Spacey (Roger "Verbal" Kint), Chazz Palminteri (Agent Dave Kujan) and Pete Postlethwaite (Kobayashi the henchman). The film begins on a ship were an unidentified character seems to have shot Keaton (Byrne) and then sets the ship on fire. The police arrive on the scene to investigate; the police officer reveals there are only two witnesses, a cripple and a hospitalized Hungarian. As cripple survivor Kint (Spacey) is waiting to post bail agent Kujan (Palminteri) wants to hear the story from the beginning. Flash back to six weeks earlier, in a police line-up of five criminals who are hauled in and put together into a holding cell because they are the usual suspects. While in the holding cell they all decide to do one last job together to get some kind of sweet revenge. The heist is only a stepping stone to another job which soon turns into a lot of twist and turns, only to find out they are working for a lawyer name Kobayashi (Postlethwaite). The five criminals are roped in because at one time or another they betrayed the mysterious Keyser Soze and does he get his revenge on them. The main theme is trying to reveal who is Keyser Soze, do we the audience unravel the puzzle of who this mysterious Keyser Soze really is and do the police unmasked him. I feel as if the director matched the perfect actors to there characters. If you like mystery, puzzles, twist and turn, this is a movie for you.