How did this film not win more Oscars?

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2008)

The Usual Suspects is a modern classic. It is an intelligent, complex film, that was well written, acted and directed. It showed how good an actor Kevin Spacey was and helped Bryan Singer's career which led him to direct the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns. If it was up to me Braveheart wouldn't have won an Oscar and this film should have got Best Film and Best Director. The Usual Suspects treats the audience with some intelligence and makes your brain work, whilst Braveheart see the audience as idiots and tries to get away of with murder when it comes to the fact, plot and characterisation.
The Usual Suspects is a crime film, which when done right can produce some of the best films made, such as the Godfather and Goodfellas. This film focuses on a one off crime, a raid on a ship which had gone wrong. Verbal (Kevin Spacey), was arrested by the FBI and he tells them the story about the raid and how the team he worked with was formed. This included attacking a secret taxi secret run by crooked cops in New York. It then turns out that these men have all crossed plans with a major crime lord, Keyser Söze and his representative demanded they repay him by taken part in the raid on the ship in San Pedro. It is after that event start to decline for the gang and the raid fails.
The Usual Suspects has a great plot twist at the end and trust me it's gob-smacking. I won't ruining it in case you never seen it.
The Usual Suspects is a must see and the academy should look deep down inside themselves and be assume to ignore this film and give Braveheart any recognisance.