Singer has an obvious grasp of craft, but it's far less clear whether he has anything to say about movies, violence, the world, or his place in the world.

An imaginative, entertaining crime mystery with plenty of nerve and vigor.

If the pleasures of The Usual Suspects are the more superficial ones of ingenuity and style, those are abundantly available. The twists and turns of the plot are an awful lot of fun, while the ending is genuinely satisfying and surprising.

The end of this movie doesn't justify the means as director Bryan Singer takes his audience on a cat and mouse chase that never finds its way.