Sunday, July 20, 2014

The Usual Suspects **1/2

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”





Verbal





The Usual Suspects is that rare film that is going to be infuriating and pleasing all at once. Shot in an amazingly short time this is a breakthrough film visually and performatively for the director and actors involved. That said, the ending is truly hard to swallow. Roger “Verbal” Kint (Kevin Spacey) is our ostensive narrator who tells us a long tale about a group of cut-throat criminals maniupalted by the legenday underworld figure, Keyser Söze.





But nothing is as it appears in this tricky thriller. The revealations are too preposterous as they come. Still, this is a film to keep debating if not necessarily love.

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