Excellent crime movie with the best performance of Kevin Spacey. This movie is on the list of all the crime thriller fans. Strong plot, well written character, and excellent background music, all that’s needed to keep you till the last second of the reel and even years after that.

The base of the story is a heist was pulled by 5 men as a revenge on the NYPD, for arresting them as they were the usual suspects. The boat heist did not turn as expected and in the present, one of the survivor is narrating the story to the police.

Trivia

  • Directed by Bryan Singer
  • The idea for this movie started only with the concept of a movie poster of five men in a lineup.
  • Shot on a budget of $6 million over a period of 35 days.
  • The name of the film is take from a memorable dialogue from the movie Casablanca, “Round up the usual suspects”.

Quotes

  • “Keaton always said, “I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of him.” Well I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.”
  • “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”
  • Cover Image credit : Medium
  • IMDb rank 32 at the time of the review

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