Usual Suspects

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2011)

The theme of this movie is about con-men that worked together to do a jewel heist. The movie opens up with introducing the five con-men that are arrested for questioning and are in a line up after a truck was hijack in New York. The only problem is none of them are guilty and they then get together to plan a revenge against the police department. One scene in the movie was of a boat that exploded on the San Pedro pier were 27 bodies were discovered and $91 million of drug money. Roger "Verbal" Kint was one of the survivors. The movie is told by flashbacks of Roger "Verbal" Kint who is played by Kevin Spacey telling his side of the story to the US Customs Agent Dave Kujan played by Chazz Palminteri. There is one main masterminded criminal called Keyser Soze who is played by Pete Postlethwaite. He is well known for his violent reputation and he even responded to a threat to murder his own family so he could prove that he feared no one. It is told in the movie that each of the five con-men at one point has wronged Soze and they must pay him back now.
This movie has a lot of action in it and also a lot of twist in turns in events and lots of suspense. Although Usual Suspects was a good movie the beginning to me was a little boring because it took too long to introduce the characters in the beginning but after that it kept my attention till the end. The movie was made in 1995 but the lighting that was used gives you the feeling of being in the earlier years such as the late 40's or 50's. The music and sounds are used very well, particularly in the scene in the garage parking lot the music gets more intense and you can feel the suspense as the shooting starts. They did a very good job when the movie fades into another scene slowly so you can feel the lapse of time that was created. This movie also makes you question who is controlling or pulling all the strings and has you are focusing on a character and then you realize that the character doesn't even exist. Near the end of the movie Kint says, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."