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Actors: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Usual Suspects |
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A criminal is arrested and is interrogated by a cop. During the interrogation this man tells the cop about his group stealing from other drug dealers. He also mentions Keyzer Soze, a mysterious killer. Determined, the cop presses the killer for more information about Soze and discovers a shocking twist.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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A police officer attempts to uncover the identity of a world class criminal mainly through an interrogation of a seemingly pathetic small time criminal.
--Danielle, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 25%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 45%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- drug dealers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Northeast
Misc setting
- prison
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- mental battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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