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Summary: "Who Is Keyser Soze?" You'll have to see the film!
Review: I can't think of a much better film than the Usual Suspects. It combines incredible acting talent, riveting script, and direction that is remininsce of the classic thrillers of the 40's and 50's. Bryan Singer does a terrific job as the director, and Christopher McQuarrie's script is something all hopeful screenplay writers aspire to accomplish. The script won the Oscar, as well as Kevin Spacey, for Best Supporting Actor.Kevin Spacey is a crippled ex-con who is brought into the police station after a boat full of 90 million dollars of drugs is blown up, along with several people. He then proceeds to tell the police what happened the past several weeks. A group of felons, including Spacey, is brought together for a lineup one night after a cop truck is hijacked, with all of it's illegal guns aboard missing. With no evidence, the police let them go. But the five men hatch a scheme to get even with the cops, resulting in a payoff for them, and a big ... for the cops. This scene is terrific, with the men taking money from a police "Taxi" service, and many officers indicted on transporting criminals in their squad cars for profit. This scheme shows how well the five work together, and sets up the rest of the movie. Spacy then tells the cops that they went to California to lay low for awhile, until a much bigger caper appealed to them. I won't go into further details, but let me tell you that the intermix of scenes of Spacey's narrative and the story he tells is perfectly done. And you have to see the mind-blowing ending. The Usual Suspects is a great film, and I have high hopes that you'll enjoy it to. As for the DVD release, it comes with director's commentary and full/screen/wide options, but it only has Dolby Digital 2.0, so you won't get the full digital sound. Other than that, a great movie.
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Summary: Benicio Del Toro
Review: Benicio is the Reason to see this film more than three times. The first few times it's great. Then I found myself watching up until his character leaves the movie and kind of bored with the rest. It is a good movie but Benicio made it for me.
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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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