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Summary: enthralling!!
Review: This movie is by far my favorite! Kevin Spacey is magnificent. The movie's plot twists and turns are great. The end is so unexpected you'll want to watch it again to see how it is all woven together. This is a MUST see!
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Summary: Borrrring
Review: Find another film to hold your interest.
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Summary: Enjoyable over and over again. A class act.
Review: Oftentimes when a movie comes out it can look instantly like a classic and then over the next few years sink to the more reasonable status of Very Good Film.However, the Usual Suspects, with its title taken from Casablanca, seems to have a growing reputation. It wouldn't appear to have an awful lot in common in Casablanca, but like the earlier film it is a nearly perfect movie. In fact, I can't see a fault. The screenplay is superb, it is beautifully directed, the cast and the acting are immaculate. Check out the stand-out performance from British actor Pete Postlethwaite and wonder why he isn't in more films. The twists and turns have you guessing right up until the end. And once you've figured it all out it turns it on its head again in a way that left this viewer grinning from ear to ear at the sheer cleverness and audacity of it. Who is Kaiser Sozay? Like I'm gonna tell you that! Watch this excellent, first-class entertainment to find out. Oh, and if you know already, or you've seen the movie before, don't be put off. I've known who Kaiser Sozay was 6 out of the 7 times I've watched the film, and it didn't detract from my enjoyment one jot.
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Summary: Good Lord.
Review: This is one of the best dvd purchases you can make. Not only do you get to see a great film, you get to see it in LETTERBOX. This was my first LB viewing of the film, and every shot that you rememeber as striking from the VHS edition is doubly so in letterbox. The sound is superb, second only to Fight Club as far as quality. Not alot for special features, but the commentray with Singer and (insert screenwriter name here) is informative and funny in every way. So to sum it up ... Get it get it get it. Now now now. HI!
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Summary: Kaiser Soze's final appearance?
Review: This movie was an awesome look at what film needs to get back to. The film has quick smart dialogue. Good cinematography and a ending that few others can match. My favorite movie is Fight Club, but I will definitely put Usual Suspects at a close second. It was superb. Way of the Gun is also an awesome Mcquarrie film
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Summary: Haunting movie, great DVD
Review: As all the other Amazon reviewers, all your friends, and even your mother-in-law have said, this must rank among the best movies of the 1990s, if not of all time. I'll let all those reviews speak for themselves, and instead focus on why you should have this DVD of the movie, even if you know the plot backwards and forwards and quote your favorite lines with an obnoxious frequency. The DVD is a must-have not only because it offers superb quality and near-perfect sound, but because you can set the audio track to suppress the dialogue and instead play running commentary director Brian Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie. They fill you in on all the clues you've missed (and you have missed some, even if you've seen the movie before), on interesting facts about the characters and locations, on what it took to get the actors to give their performances, and, best of all, amusing anecdotes about filming. In one 30-second driving scene, for example, 28 seconds were shot in LA, while 2 seconds shot in NY (just a view of the front fender of a van) were added to the sequence much later. While the big screen and VHS give you the pictures and sound, only the DVD also provides the very valuable director's commentary. If you love the film, you'll love hearing about how it was made.
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Summary: It's too good!!
Review: This fantastic film with an astonishing ending will keep the spectator tied to the armchair... maybe until it's too late.
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Summary: Wow, I just didn't expect this
Review: An exceptional movie. Basically it starts with the end of the movie and works its way back in flashbacks as Kevin Spacey's character Verbal Kint, relays his story to the investigators. It starts when 5 small time crooks are gathered for a line-up on an arms truck theft. They note the oddity of their being gathered for this line up, as it is rare they gather all felons for this type of thing, but go on to consider this fortuitous, as they have a future heist that could use their combined skills. Verbal Kint the least capable of the group is only except after he talks Gabriel Byrne's character Dean Keaton, a former cop and felon, to return to his life of crime. They have some successes which embolden them to go on to some more but wind up realizing their initial pairing up, is not as innocent as it seems. A "mystery" figure in crimes circles Keyser Soze, through a middleman has asked them to do "one final job" with an incredible payoff. It is very dangerous and not all of them are expected to survive. Their cooperation is insured by demonstrating what happens when one of them tries to flee. Additionally, not only they but the people important to them are in this net, to insure their cooperation. I can't provide more details without ruining the story, but it was masterful. Kevin Spacey's acting as Verbal Kint was wonderful. As he recounts the events to the police investigator, and pulls in inanities, you can see the mounting frustration the officers face in trying to figure out who the mysterious Mr. Keyser Soze is. The police investigator is intent on proving Dean Keaton was the mastermind of these high jinxs and is not entirely convinced Keyser Soze exists. This in my opinion was a facinating weave of a movie. In the end you will find out if Keyser Soze exists.
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Summary: Boy! Are reviewers dense!
Review: I've read all the reviews available, by good reviewers such as Roger Ebert, and by bad reviewers which are most of the rest, and none of them get it! Yes, The Usual Suspects is convoluted; yes, it's hard to follow; yes, it takes some getting used to. But in the end the Kevin Spacey character, Vocal, the con man, the guy who makes it up as he goes along, the guy who gets away with it -- he's the culprit and the source of all the intrigue, robberies, and murder. He and his partner, the so-called Kobayashi, are the real bad guys -- and they get away with it! If any of you remember reading Lord Jim in your high school or college days, you'll remember that two-thirds of the story is told from Jim's point of view and, consequently, we never know what's true, what's truth. And that's what this movie is all about: What is truth? Do we really want to know the truth? Or are we willing to settle for what seems to be the truth? Gabriel Byrne has made a remarkable film because he's willing to play with the audience just as he plays with both time and characters in the film. I recommend this film to anyone who has a bit of imagination, a sense of humor (preferably off the wall), and a willingness to be confused in order to be unconfused at the conclusion. Sort of like life?
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Summary: predictable
Review: Am I the only one who didn't like this movie. I saw it with my roomate, and we guessed the answer halfway thru the film
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