Usual Suspects Review

I actually first saw the Usual Suspects on cable about a year or so after it had won it's awards and alocades. I remember when it first came out hearing the hype that surrounded it and the caliber of acting the movie produced, but I am one of those people who needs to be in the mood for mystery and suspense, because I am an action chick all the way. However several years ago when I decided to watch the film that many raved about I decided to see what all the hoopla was about. From the opening sequence I was hooked. From the moment I saw Kevin Spacey's character the lone survior recant the prior events that unfolded behind the pressure applied by the sinster Keyser Söze. this movie was pure thriller/mystery magic. It is easy to say that the movie also has held it's influences in pop culture and in music since I have seen it's scenes stolen and redone in hip hop videos as much as any Scorsese or Pacino/DeNiro flick. But the very idea and notion of not suspecting the most innocent, dumb yet humble man of not being capable of such acts of evil is what helps the movies allure and Kevin Spacey's legendary creepiness which for some reason I have yet to see again since this movie or Seven.