"The Usual Suspects" is an old movie from 1995, but it is definitely classic enough. I was also confused at the beginning, and the reason is nothing more than the first point of view of the film.
The story unfolds in two lines - FBI agents and customs investigating a fire on a ship. The customs line is the main line (that is, the main line of Gint's memory).
There is nothing wrong with the progression of the story at the beginning, complete and without flaws - a group of people who have offended Caesarsus, gather as suspects for a gun robbery, and they will be disgraced. They need money and want revenge against the police, so they launch a series of operations.
The story progresses layer by layer, just like every person who thinks about "holding up when you finish this ticket", but has to go deeper and deeper on the wrong path, being overwhelmed by endless interests, so that in the end you can't stop and be used by others. The tragic fate ends in death.
The logic of this is also very complete, we are like listening to a participant tell a complete story, everything is so normal. So much so that it seems reasonable that the Customs introduced that "Murderer: Caesarsus" was Keaton.
But it's all based on the premise that the storyteller: Gint told the truth.
This is clearly not the case with this story. If the narrator was behind it, the story would be different—it was all made up by Gint. From the very beginning, the five of them were his tools to remove the threat. Their encounter and everything they did was staged in a predetermined script.
At the end of the film, the legendary Caesar Seuss, that is, Gint, completely made up the story with the name he saw, and he escaped from the shell and disappeared, bringing the story to a successful end.
Throughout the entire film, every frame is a story, a foreshadowing, tight rhythm and complete plot. If you pay attention to the details, it is not difficult to infer that "Caesarsus" is Gint (for example, Caesarsus uses a gold lighter. The ship was lit, and in the end Gint took the gold lighter; there was no one behind the rope of the ship; Gint smiled when he heard Customs suspected that Keaton was behind it, etc., etc.), just didn't see it It's also great to be shocked by these details at the end.
It's not too much for this script to win an Oscar, and the ingenious designs are endless, but the most ingenious point is undoubtedly that the story unfolds from the first perspective. People will preconceive the preconceived belief that such a story is told, so it also makes the ending more surprising and dramatic. The reminiscence plus reality of the ending also adds shock and credibility.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the acting of the characters in the movie. This 1995 suspense movie still looks like a classic.
While watching the movie, it also made us think about a series of questions such as truth, lies, and what is a true friend.
Maybe for us, we may not encounter such a thing, but don't do illegal things, it will avoid a lot of tragedies, and it will also avoid such a dramatic thing as being used by others after death.
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Finally: The suspense of "The Very Suspect" must have five stars. You must read it yourself and think about it again. Maybe you will find more little easter eggs that I didn't find.
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