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DVD The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
Ever since this convoluted thriller dazzled audiences and critics in 1995 and won an Oscar for Christopher McQuarrie's twisting screenplay, The Usual Suspects has continued to divide movie lovers into opposite camps. While a lot of people take great pleasure from the movie's now-famous central mystery (namely, "Who is Keyser Söze?"), others aren't so easily impressed by a movie that's too enamored of its own cleverness to make much sense. After all, what are we to make of a final scene that renders the entire movie obsolete? Half the fun of The Usual Suspects is the debate it provokes and the sheer pleasure of watching its dynamic cast in action, led (or should we say, misled) by Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as the club-footed con man who recounts the saga of enigmatic Hungarian mobster Keyser Söze. Spacey's in a band of thieves that includes Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, and Benicio Del Toro, all gathered in a plot to steal a large shipment of cocaine. The story is told in flashback as a twisted plot being described by Spacey's character to an investigating detective (Chazz Palmintieri), and The Usual Suspects is enjoyable for the way it keeps the viewer guessing right up to its surprise ending. Whether that ending will enhance or extinguish the pleasure is up to each viewer to decide. Even if it ultimately makes little or no sense at all, this is a funny and fiendish thriller, guaranteed to entertain even its vocal detractors. --Jeff Shannon
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not worth repeat viewing
This movie is atmospheric and promises much but is essentially empty; it gives the appearance of depth and cleverness but it's really not such a big deal. I certainly don't care about Gabriel Byrne's relationship with Suzy Amis to feel very sad. It's just a story with red herrings made cooler by Benicio and the real Kaiser Soze.
you won't suspect the ending.
I guess by dramatizing about the surprise ending may take away the ooomp! from this movie, it is best if you had a mind free from expectation when viewing this film.Please try not to watch it with someone who gives away the ending,let it build and you will find your self gasping.One the best psycho thrillers ever.i won't give away this film the stars are great, the the movie excellent and the story is filled with suspence,drama and action, this is a movie you definitely must see laterz folks.
90's
I was talking to someone recently about the most definitive movie of each decade. When it came to the nineties, we debated heavily whether or not the title should go to Shawshank Redemption or the Usual Suspects. I've probably watched 100's of movies from the 90's, but Usual Suspects is tops for that decade and puts a lot of more modern movies to shame.
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