QAny recommendations for movies similar to "The Usual Suspects?"
ASeveral people have noted that The Usual Suspects reminds them of Basic (2003), about the murder investigation of a hated Army Ranger sergeant and several of his Special Forces on what appears, at first, to have been a routine training exercise during a hurricane in the jungles of Panama. Another movie said to be like The Usual Suspects is Memento (2000), in which a man suffering from short-term memory loss hunts for the killer of his wife. Also, there is Frailty (2001), in which a young man believes that his brother may be the serial killer who calls himself "God's Hands." Other murder mysteries with plenty of twists include, for starters, Identity (2003), The Big Sleep (1946), Mystic River (2003), Primal Fear (1996), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Se7en (1995), A Soldier's Story (1984), and The Game (1997).
QWhere does the title come from?
AThe title comes from a line in the classic film Casablanca (1942), where the corrupt police chief, anxious to cover up the murder of a Nazi officer, tells a subordinate to "round up the usual suspects," meaning that the police should find a bunch of random criminals to be questioned. In the film, the criminals are rounded up without any evidence specifically pointing to them. The police are hoping to randomly get one of them to confess. Thus, they are the "usual suspects." because they have been convicted of crimes that relate to the one for which they have previously been arrested.
QIs this movie based on a book?
AAmerican film-maker Christopher McQuarrie wrote the screenplay for The Usual Suspects.
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