If you know nothing of the twists and turns that make The Usual Suspects one of the most talked about movies of all time then you need to see it now, before it's too late.

One of the few films that garnered the praise of every critic that saw it, one of the few that has a cult following AND made money, the Usual Suspects has become something of a phenomena. Almost unbelievably when you bare in mind very few people completely understand it.

After witnessing a waterfront explosion, we join the story as physically disabled Verbal Kint (Spacey) is interrogated by the NYPD. Verbal goes on to tell the story of the events that led up to the deaths of dozens of men in the boat accident, starting with a tale about a police line up. A line up that included five notorious crooks who are somewhat suspicious of the fact that the police chose to put them all in a room together.

As they plan a little revenge on the cops that constantly breathe down their necks, the five villains discover that someone far more worrying than the NYPD is controlling events.

Despite it's modern day setting, The Usual Suspects is very similar to 1940's cinema, from the noir-ish sets to the suspense and plot twists. It never fails to be dark and mysterious while you find yourself constantly guessing as to where the plot will go next.

None of the success of the story would have been possible without the quality of acting however. Gabriel Byrne puts in a career best performance as the films anchor, the crooked cop Keaton, while Kevin Spacey made a serious name for himself as the physically disabled Verbal.

Stories are rife that Kevin Pollack and Stephen Baldwin detested each other on set, but that only seems to have added to the incredible tension that's built up between the group of bad guys throughout the movie.

It stands up brilliantly to repeat viewing, to the extent that you may never fully solve the riddle. But don't let that put you off, you never know, you might be the on to tell us who Keyser Soze really is.