The Suspect (2013)

Pretty Good

Load of rubbish!!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The real plot of the movie, which most viewers didn't get because they were too busy trying to defend how the racist caucasian cops weren't racist & that they were only seen as racists because it was a couple of black men specifically "experimenting" on them (which isn't at all what they were really doing), is how one man is trying to get his hands on a large sum of money for his daughters' very much needed surgery for what I'm assuming is for an organ that she is too high on the waiting list to receive so he's relying on the black market in Argentina. To do so, the father and his partner, who may be a relative, cut a deal with a money launderer, assuring him they can take $300,000 fake bills and replace them with $300,000 securely from a real bank all under the false deception that they are performing a social experiment for a university, which we find out later in the film, but as we also find out the two also tell the cops that along with returning the stolen money (which is actually the counterfeit money) to the bank they also donate a good amount of money to the sheriff's department to cover any resources, such as the video tape the cops are required to use to record any interrogation on the suspect. The video tape is crucial to the plan which is why the con's are seen consistently making sure it is recording everything. The tape is played back in front of the sheriff and the con's after the "university experiment" lie is explained, so that the cop believes that he has treated the suspect with racist comments and methods such as saying the word "boy".::some reviewers are mad at this because they don't realize that, YES, the con IS pushing racism out of the cop who may not have actually been racist until meeting the somehow intimidating con.. some reviewers say "if this were in front of a black sheriff and a white con then the sheriff would still react racist by accident, which may be true, but THAT IS THE POINT ::if the sheriff act's on emotion, even a little and says something racist, such as "boy" when the con spit in his face (which is noticed after the con accused the sheriff of calling him "boy" even though the sheriff swears he doesn't recall saying that, it's because he might not have but the con needs him to), then the sheriff would be too cautious about his actions to let the tape be shown to anyone, so as needed by the cons -the sheriff will destroy the tape and the check made out to the department by the university for any trouble during the experiment (claiming in anger or embarrassment "we don't need your money"), which is good for the cons who don't actually want to be seen, via tape, in the town or actually have permission from any university to write a check out in their name. As we find out at the last scene of the movie, the bank robbery was actually Plan B. Plan A, as we can piece together after the key words earlier in the movie "if I can't accomplish this then what is my point in living", is to have the father die so that the family and daughter receive a very large life insurance.::if you're one of the people saying this movie wasn't realistic, because you may be an actual officer of the law, then "congratulations" you just pointed out that it's a freaking movie, not everyone who watches it is going to be a cop -- including the writer.::This movie is NOT (completely or maybe at all) about showing how racist cops can be towards African-Americans (therefore there's no point in complaining that If the roles were performed vice versa on different races, then the opposite race would be racist too). It's about pulling off a con. Though if you hadn't realized it was the latter, and only assumed the movie was pulling the race card too much and unjustifiably, then the writer may have actually pointed out a little racism hidden in you, because that was another point, that it MIGHT not have been justified, seeing as how these suspects were pulling a con. << Big TWIST again, yes the movie is full of them, on and off screen apparently.

I don't care if a criminal pays 100million restitution a crime was committed. I was a Chicago Police for almost 30yrs. The elements of a crime are quite obvious. I man walks into a bank(or wherever) with a gun (aggravated battery), demanding money(robbery); given the money and leaves. That is armed robbery with aggravated circumstances and all the baloney about some stupid experiment defies logic. Any idiot watching this thinking otherwise is as stupid as the goof who wrote and directed it as well as the producers! These two dogs would be doing at least 10 to 15 to life in any city/state in the US. Now, the real point is the racial line and so outdated you'd have to be a fool to fall for the 1950's thinking. I guarantee any non white cop I EVER PARTNERED with would agree. I don't know what rock this director came out from under but its obvious he his "high!" Which personally, I felt like being myself watching this junk!

This is the first time I am writing a review on IMDb and I am doing this for two reasons: 1). Because this is a truly great movie that deserves a review 2). To boost up the ratings because I am truly shocked that the film has received such poor ratings (so far)I will not give much away (and nor should you do much reading on the plot) because this is one of those movies where the less you know, the better it is. The settings are very simple yet effective. And with a storyline like this there was no need for all the mumbo jumbo CGI, special effects, blasts and the whole malarkey. There are so many twists in this film and you will be glued right on the get go. When I first watched the film, there were no reviews/ratings available as it had just been released, so I was very much looking forward to the reviews and see that (not if) other viewers enjoyed it as much as I did. Now that I see the ratings, I felt compelled (like the other reviewers here) to urge people to watch it as it is truly a remarkable, original and SMART film. So please, do yourself a favour and watch it- you will NOT be disappointed!

I'm giving this a 10 to fix the rating, cause this movie at the very LEAST deserves a 7.5 to 8. The intensity of the two black "suspects" actors at times is truly impressive. They really pulled a stunt on acting here. It's hard to get into details without spoiling the fun, so it'll have to suffice to say that the characters are very believable. Even those sad stereotypes that don't get a lot of time on screen are eerily realistic, sadly. However what makes The Suspect truly great is the plot line. It would really be best you go into this movie without knowing anything about it. That way you can relish in all the plot twists, which are all very clever and original.If you did already read a synopsis however, you'll still have your fair share of twists which come rather unexpected. So what's there more to want for a good crime thriller than good, believable acting paired with an original story filled with twists and turns? Go watch it and hate/thank me later.