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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 massive explosion aboard a ship docked at San Pedro pier leaves 27 bodies, $91 million in cash, and two survivors: a terrified Hungarian terrorist and crippled con man Roger "Verbal" Kint (Spacey). The police lean on Verbal to tell them what he knows. He tells them six weeks before, he and four other criminals were rounded up in New York and questioned hard about a truck hijacking. Most irritated of the five is Dean Keaton (Byrne), a crooked cop who wants to go straight but gets talked into doing one more job while the suspects are waiting for their lawyers to post bail. It appears the criminal mastermind behind the job is the mysterious Keyser Soze, but little is known or can be discovered about him. This thrilling 1995 surprise hit has loads of suspense, intrigue, and a 1940s noir feel. Spacey and the screenplay won Oscars.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Criminals steal drugs from each other.
--Steve Schmitz, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Usual Suspects |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
- excited
Any profanity?
- A huge amnt of foul language
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