The Usual Suspects The Lineup Ending in HD
Near the end of The Usual Suspects, Kevin Spacey, in his Oscarwinning performance as crippled con man Roger Verbal Kint, says, The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn t This may be the key line in this story; the farther along the movie goes, the more one realizes that not everything is quite what it seems, and what began as a conventional whodunit turns into something quite different. A massive explosion rips through a ship in a San Pedro, CA, harbor, leaving 27 men dead, the lone survivor horribly burned, and 91 million dollars worth of cocaine, believed to be on board, mysteriously missing. Police detective Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) soon brings in the only witness and key suspect, Verbal Kint. Kint s nickname stems from his inability to keep his mouth shut, and he recounts the events that led to the disaster. Five days earlier, a truckload of gun parts was hijacked in Queens, NY, and five men were brought in as suspects: Kint, hotheaded hipster thief Mc
|