Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving $3 .. Read more
| Starring | Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri |
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| Director | Bryan Singer |
| Genres | Drama |
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Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving $3 million worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze, an unseen, nefarious, and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. The scenes that follow make THE USUAL SUSPECTS one of the most fascinating crime thrillers in cinema history. Working from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Singer adroitly tells the complex story through flashbacks, cross-cutting, and voice-over narration. Such nimble handling of the intricacies of the nonlinear narrative adds to the suspense, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats until the clever, satisfying finale. Singer's expertise in the technical aspects of filmmaking--his use of a dioptic filter to keep two close-up faces in focus, as well as his inventive use of six-frame step printing--helped him earn his reputation as a visually impressive and stylish director. Filled with excellent performances from veteran actors (Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for his breakthrough role as Verbal Kint), THE USUAL SUSPECTS placed Singer squarely on the cinematic map.
| Starring | Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Spacey, Suzy Amis |
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| Director | Bryan Singer |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 41 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections | 100 Cops & Robbers, 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Dubbed | French |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Dutch, English, French Blu-ray: French, Dutch |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 04 Dec 2010 To Rent: DVD: 29 Apr 2002 Blu-ray: 09 Apr 2007 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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Excellent, gripping thriller that plays tricks with its audience, leading it down one blind alley after another, dealing in deliberate confusion and double-cross. Its refusal to come clean until its final revelation may infuriate some, but it is part of i
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Unusually good
Bryan Singer's film, the Usual Suspects is one of those rare gems that demands multiple viewings to confirm how great it was. Five felons are lined up and ... read more »
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Did not hold my attention
A fairly routine crime thriller with nothing that really makes it stand out from others. And I worked out who the real culprit was long before the end.
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Crime pays
This is a totally brilliant fim and never disappoints however often one views it. Kevin Spacey at his best. A classic.
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Not usual at all!
Not a film to return to, as its main impact is in the twist at the end, which would render a second viewing fairly daft, as the film is plot- (rather than ... read more »
Hollywood director Bryan Singer looks set to take the helm of a new television series pilot based on the British show, Footballers' Wives. Singer, who recently headed up Superman Returns and brought the super hero back on to cinema screens, is reportedly going to direct the first episode of the show, which will use the setting of American football as opposed to British soccer. Yet it is arguably something of a change in tone for Singer, who shot to fame in 1995 with the mind-bending thriller... Read more
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The Usual Suspects
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