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Should you watch The Usual Suspects?

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The Usual Suspects

Film · 1995

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

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The sides of The Usual Suspects

  • Five criminals in a line-up
  • A survivor telling the police a story
  • Keyser Söze

The Usual Suspects is good for you if…

  • you like an ending that makes you replay the whole film in your head.
  • you like an interrogation that becomes a story.
  • you like trying to work out who's behind it all.

The Usual Suspects is bad for you if…

  • you want a simple story. This one is told in flashbacks, on purpose.
  • you can't root for crooks. Every lead here is a career criminal.

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