Usual Suspects, The

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(crime, mystery, thriller)

After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now desperately trying to go straight. The cops won't leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent "Keyser Soze" is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot..

actors:

Stephen Baldwin	as Michael McManus
Gabriel Byrne	as Dean Keaton
Benicio Del Toro	as Fred Fenster
Kevin Pollak	as Todd Hockney
Kevin Spacey	as Roger 'Verbal' Kint
Chazz Palminteri	as US Customs Dave Kujan
Pete Postlethwaite	as Kobayashi
Giancarlo Esposito	as FBI Jack Baer
Dan Hedaya	as Sgt. Geoffrey 'Jeff' Rabin
Suzy Amis	as Edie Finneran
Paul Bartel	as Smuggler
Carl Bressler	as Saul Berg
Phillip Simon	as Fortier
Jack Shearer	as Renault
Christine Estabrook	as Dr. Plummer

directors:
Bryan Singer
rating:8.70

See also: Crime: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York