Aren’t you sick to death of predictable movies? A Few Good Men was fabulous — Nicholson plays the hard-ass flawlessly — but every fool in the theater knew that old Jackie boy would fall, thanks to pretty-boy Tom Cruise.

And what about Die Hard? Okay, I loved all three installments in the man-against-the-world series, but please. Nobody doubted for a moment that Bruce Willis would not triumph over the heavily-accented bad guys, and in the process destroy a very costly skyscraper and numerous police cars.

Now throw all of those over-hyped, over-played, over-before-it-started images of Hollywood productions outta yer head. Go and see The Usual Suspects (you’ll have to cruise to Des Moines), and don’t leave the theater, even to relieve your cola-filled bladder, not even if you wet the seat. The twists and turns keep coming up until the credits start rolling.

With such a talented cast, it’s no surprise that audience members can’t take their eyes off the screen, even to find the popcorn. Todd (Kevin Pollack of stand-up comedy fame), Verbal (Kevin Spacey from The Ref) and McMinnes (Stephen Baldwin from, uh, the Baldwin family) among others make up a group of five slippery criminals brought together for questioning in the mysterious hijacking of a truck full of weapons.

We hear the entire story in a flashback as Verbal, a stupid, self-described cripple, relays it to the police. While waiting to post bond, the five thugs decide to join forces to pull off a few sure-thing jobs. But one of the robberies goes sour, and the gang finds themselves deep in the territory of Kaiser Sozay, a mythical, underground Hungarian terrorist.

Sozay blackmails the five into pulling off a dangerous job for him, during which the group encounters deception and a more complicated situation behind Sozay’s work.

I don’t wanna give anything away beyond this point, because you should definitely see this film for yourself. What I can tell you: watch for amazing cinematography. The camera angles, shots and movements let you feel like you have your own place in the center of the action. You have a fly-in-the-wall view.

Also, you’ll wonder if Quentin Tarantino had a hand in the making of this movie; Reservoir Dogs popped to mind more than once, especially during the scenes of interaction between the five men. But there’s no Tarantino-patented gore (your stomach will thank you), but you will be expecting Harvey Kietel to pop out at any moment. But don’t. Don’t expect anything.