Absolutely brilliant piece of entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2006)

'The Usual Suspects' has such a flair and a flamboyance about it, it's brilliance goes way beyond it's surprising ending. Rarely does a film mesmerize its viewers the this one does. Watching 'the Usual Suspects', you feel like you're being transported into the treacherous world of crime and criminals. You try to figure out who can be trusted, who cannot be trusted and who is just a distraction. You keep guessing who is who, and what is what, and it gives you no rest till the very end. I've watched many movies, but rarely does a movie 'get' to me the way this one did. When it finished I just sat back going 'Wow'! and I watched it over and over to pick up hidden clues I might have missed along the way. This film is not just a mystery movie, it's also a great drama, with bits of comedy and action sprinkled in. I was a big fan of Kevin Spacey before I watched this film, and after this it only solidified my opinion of him as the greatest pure actor of his generation. I think 'The Usual Suspects' ranks up there with the greatest movies of the last century, and it's definitely the best in it's genre to come out over the last 25 years or so.