The Usual Suspects Themes

Does crime pay? The Usual Suspects seems to suggest that it doesn't—unless you're a super master-criminal like Keyser Söze, in which case the answer is: yes. The other criminals have a tendency...

There's a pretty heavy accent on evil in The Usual Suspects. And goodness? Not so much. Sure, technically David Kujan's one of the good guys, but he's a little bullying and unappealing—the audien...

There's a massive lie that structures this whole movie—we wouldn't have The Usual Suspects if it wasn't for one big twist, based on deceit. We realize from the beginning that Verbal might not be...

Never try to manipulate a manipulator, because guess what? You just end up getting manipulated. That's what happens to David Kujan—he thinks he's pressuring Verbal Kint into telling him the truth...