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Friday, September 16, 2011

The Usual Suspects - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 19995 and running 106 minutes this is violent yet smart crime film worth seeing.Keyser Soze is a mystery boggie man for thieves and scoundrels with a colorful backstory including killing his own so as to get others.A devil if there ever was one.This film opens with the investigation of a ship on which 27 men died for a shipment of 91 million in drug and money that are gone.The film centers on Chazz Palminteri as Dave Kujan, US Customs agent trying to solve the mystery and in flashbacks the story enfolds.
I took 1 and 1/2 stars off because not all characters were fleshed out equally and the casting of some where not what I would have done.Still all the actors try hard and Kevin Spacey as Roger 'Verbal' Kint stands out as he usually does.Another note on a great comic who show he can act as did later in "Deterance"Kevin Pollak as Todd Hockney,whose character might have been better draw out. I liked it even for the meaningless at times violence.Trailer URL follows the pix
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2717188377/

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