A Synopsis Of The Usual Suspects
The 1995 film, The Usual Suspects was written by Christopher McQuarrie. It is a classic mystery film, complete with high crime, murder and suspense, with a few good twists that truly make this film not only memorable, but a good watch–particularly the first time around.
The movie’s cast is star studded and includes the likes of Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite and Chazz Palminteri.
The film is set on a ship deck in a harbor on the coast of San Pedro, California; this setting also serves as both the opening scene and the scene of the mysterious mass murder crime. The camera pans a dead body and rests over a figure trying to light both himself and the ship on fire when a mysterious man approaches and shoots him. The unknown shooter then lights the ship on fire himself.
Presented via a series of flashbacks, on going police interviews and a succession of inquisitive dialogue, The Usual Suspects tries to piece together the events that led to the mass murder crime through the testimony of the the only surviving member of the crime gang. This man is Roger “Verbal” Kint, a disabled man with cerebral palsy is played by Kevin Spacey.
Part of the ensemble that orchestrated the crime, the disabled Roger Kint is questioned harshly by a Special Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri).
Roger Kint’s retelling of the implicating previous events in addition to the testimony of an injured Hungarian criminal hospitalized after the ship incident, allow Kujan to piece together the truth of the whole ordeal. Through this he discovers the existence of the infamous yet anonymous Kesyer Soze.
Whether Keyser Soze even exists is a mystery to Kujan and whether or not he finds the mythical mastermind depends solely on Verbal Kint’s testimony.
An intellectual suspense movie, The Usual Suspects will leave you trying to keep up. Rolling Stone magazine stated that Kevin Spacey’s performance was Oscar worthy and most critics agreed; as Roger Kint, he was organic and captivating.
Despite a terrible review from Roger Ebert and averaged moderate reviews, this film was well received by film festivals. It was also nominated for Academy Awards in the following categories: Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay. It took both of those awards home with Kevin Spacey winning the award for the former and Christopher McQuarrie for the latter, his brainchild.
The film also took home an award for Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro and another Best Screenplay for Christopher McQuarrie from the Independent Spirit Awards as well as Best Cinematography for that category. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel used various techniques, such as a wide range of dolly movement and creeping zooms in order to quickly create the tight close up atmosphere of the film’s intense dialogue scenes.
Still highly recognized today, the movie made film history in June 2008, when the American Film Institute (AFI) declared it part of it’s Ten Top Ten list, ranking as the tenth best mystery film ever made. Keyser Soze also made history: he is noted by the American Film Institute as one of the prominent film villains of the century.
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