Summary

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2016)

The 1995 movie, Usual Suspects is a suspense thriller that will keep you guessing right up until the very end. This movie starts out with a robbery and a murder in the dead of night on a cargo ship. Special agent Dave Kujan, (Chazz Palminteri) is investigating the hijacking of a truck full of guns. The movie follows the interrogations of a group of well known thugs; McManus (Stephen Bladwin), Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Fenster (Benicio Del Torro), Hockney (Kevin Pollak), and Verbal (Kevin Spacey).
The Usual Suspects is suspenseful movies that could be a modern day Hitchcock thriller. Nothing is as it seems as Verbal (Kevin Spacey) tells his accounts of the previous days before the robbery on the cargo ship to special agent Kujan (Chazz Palminteri). Verbal, a week and meager man that seems out of place in the company of the other vicious group of thugs accused of the truck and gun heist gives a detailed story of the time leading up to robbery. Keyser Soze, a mythical character in the movie is a violent, fearless, heartless man that is feared by many even though no one can say what Keyser Soze actually looks like. He is the boogie man that is pulling the strings behind the scenesor is he?
This movie uses lighting and shadows to physically pull you into the suspense of each plot twist and turn. The shadows make the movie more suspenseful because it shows you just enough to make you think you know what's going on but enough darkness to make you wonder. It will have you changing your mind every second wondering who is behind the mask of darkness hiding in the shadows.