Monday, March 4, 2013

The Usual Suspects (1995)

This is one of Kevin Spacey's finest performances, as Verbal Kint, the storyteller who tells a convoluted tale to policeman leaving us wondering what's really going on.  In the beginning, five men are arrested but are innocent. The real bad guy is Keyser Soze, who is often compared to the devil.  

Verbal agrees to cooperate by telling the policeman the story of the heist. Everything is very interesting until it reaches the end when the cop realizes that there is something wrong.  There are elements of the story all over the room, such as the coffee and the photos on the wall.  As Verbal leaves the police station, it is finally revealed where the evil Keyser Soze is.  The best line is at the end, "That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone."  This movie gets a 9/10.

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