The rebirth of a film genre.

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 1999)

Who's Keyser Soze? That's the question everybody's asking in this dark, film noir which led the way for other movies like L.A. Confidential, Snitch and The Rat Pack. Writer Christopher McQuarrie introduces us to five low-life criminals who come from all walks of life. Stephen Baldwin is the hyperactive, resident hot-head, McManus. Comedian Kevin Pollak is the cynical explosives expert Todd Hockney; the terrific character actor, Benicio Del Toro plays Fenster, the slack-jawed hustler but the men who steal the show are Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint, a crippled, little man who is interviewed by Chazz Palminteri as to the whereabout of the infamous former cop, Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne). McQuarrie explores the themes of friendship, death and avarice. Certainly a film worth much more than it's many Oscar nominations.