Mantrap vs The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 5.6/10 for Mantrap). Mantrap is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 1h 46m. Mantrap is the older of the two (1953 against 1995). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mantrap
The Usual Suspects| Mantrap | The Usual Suspects | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 1953 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 13m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Terence Fisher | Bryan Singer |
| Main cast | Anthony Forwood, Lois Maxwell, Paul Henreid, Kieron Moore, Hugh Sinclair | Kevin Pollak, Giancarlo Esposito, Benicio del Toro, Dan Hedaya, Kevin Spacey |
Synopsis
Mantrap
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's…
The Usual Suspects
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
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