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: Lord of War

See also: Stephen Baldwin in Flyboys, The