Usual Suspects
Directed by Bryan Singer. Performances by Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995. Rated R. 106 min. Crime / Drama / Mystery
The film follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, a small-time con man who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles He tells an interrogator a convoluted story about events that led him and four other criminals to the boat, and of a mysterious mob boss known as Keyser Soze, who commissioned their work. Using flashbacks and narratuion, Kint's story becomes increasingly complex.