Gimmicky

Rating: 2/10 (18 November 2000)

THE USUAL SUSPECTS, with its surprise ending, is nothing more than a gimmick film.
I once heard it said that a good test for a gimmick film is whether you would find the film memorable if the gimmick was removed. One would forget this sub-par crime film completely if not for the surprise twist at the film's conclusion.
And the post-PULP FICTION vision of the underworld presented here is not very credible. I mean, Kevin Pollack as a hardened criminal? Give me a break.