The Suspect (2013)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Simply Perfect

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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.

How about this: two white guys go to a place where the racist crap that they and their ilk have practiced for generations plays way, way wrong for them?Now, let's look at the line-up on this movie: what, two or three non-whites... AAaaand how many whites? So, many years after the Civil Rights Movement -- and with all that's happened between then and now -- we need to have a white director and writer and a largely white cast "tell" us what's going on, huh?Does the movie "expose" anything? If you think that, and you've lived, for any significant stretch, in the USA, you've been choosing to not "see" what's been going on in this country, since its inception. "The Suspect" is, essentially, a racists' fantasy flick: imagine all those goody-two-shoes-PC types getting their comeuppance; revel in the fact that not only do things remain the same, but blast it out in a movie and pat yourself on the back.

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!

Refreshingly different thriller that although shot on a budget is well edited, shot and contains some great acting.I must admit that initially I was not that impressed but as you watch more the plot evolves and the characters start to make an impact. There is some great editing that really pieces together the story, yes maybe the redneck police are a little one sided but situations like this are believable. Without saying too much it's a great scam!The two key actors (cop and bank robber) deliver great performances and the twist at the end is unexpected till the last minute. Well worth your time and deserves at least a 7.