I still can not get my head round that ending, I mean it was a huge massively huge shock when I saw it, if you haven’t seen this film then your missing out, it’s fantastic I mean really great, the film stars Kevin Spacey, Steven Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne and Benicio Del Toro, the film follows a guy called Verbal (he talks a lot) who has cerebral palsy, he is telling the cops about a crime that left 20 dead, the crime happened on a harbour as the cops find the burnt bodies on the boat and in the ocean, a name is mentioned Keyser Soze.
We open on a boat that’s on fire, the cops pull bodies from the water including one survivor who is badly burnt, a Hungarian who while in hospital yells the name Keyser Soze, in a police station a guy called Verbal is telling two cops about the crime on the boat the film is told in flashbacks and we see Verbal and other people named McManus, Keaton, Fenster and Hockney McManus decides to get back at the cops by going after a smuggler escorted by corrupt cops and stealing the items, the job goes well and the team fly to LA and meet with a guy called Redfoot, he tells them of another job they can do another smuggling job but this time it’s heroin.
Once they complete the job they find out that the shipment isn’t full of heroin but instead jewellery thus Redfoot telling the gang that the job was set up by a lawyer named Kobayashi, they are approached by Kobayashi and they are told that he works for Keyser Soze, he hands them folders revealing every piece of detail about them, Kobayashi tells them that if they destroy 91 million dollars worth of cocaine being sold to Hungarians they can keep the money, fail and Soze kills the team and their families.
Fenster bails on the group and later his body is found at an address given by Kobayashi, trying to kidnap him they find out that Keatons girlfriend is a well known criminal lawyer and is there at the offices discussing legal matters thus finding out that Soze will kill her if the job fails, Soze also tells that their families will be killed with untold mayhem, so with no choice they go and do the mission.
At the harbour and this is where things get really confusing so bare with me, they are at the harbour when Keaton tells Verbal to stay back and if the plan fails he should take the money to keaton’s girlfriend, the gang kill the Hungarians and Argentinians while looking for the coke, finding that there is no come on board but instead find a guy who is shot by an unknown figure who then proceeds to kill Keaton and sets the boat on fire, Verbal claims it was Keiser Soze.
Back in the police station it is revealed that the guy on the boat was a man called Arturo Marquez, who had claimed to see Keyser Soze and has escaped prosecution, the cop says that Marquez was being sold to Soze’s Hungarian gang and Keaton was using the heist as a distraction, Verbal then says tearfully that it was all Keaton’s idea leading the cop to believe that Keaton is Keyser Soze, Verbal leaves and the cop chats with another cop as he takes a sip from his coffee mug he looks over to the clipboard, there he says names like Redfoot, and once he drops the mug the name Kobayashi is revealed on the bottom of the mug. The story was a lie told by Verbal and it is revealed that (look away now and go watch the film stop reading) it is revealed that Verbal is Keyser Soze (well I did warn you) as he limps down the street his limp becomes better and better and now he is walking normally, he never had cerebral palsy, he gets into a car and we meet Kobayashi, tho cop chases after him and misses him, Verbal’s voice comes over and says “and then poof he is gone”
And that was The Usual Suspects, wow just wow this film was fantstasic I mean it had me on the edge of my seat and that twist though, I didn’t see that coming at all the twist was so amazingly perfect I’m still scratching my head right now I mean it’s clever, the fi,m itself is a little slow at points but the finale is worth the wait, if you haven’t seen this film I really would recommend it I mean the twist is brilliant I mean just brilliant, do yourselves a favour once you have read this go and watch you will not be disappointed, I would give this film a solid 10/10 mainly because of the twist that’s it, I hope you enjoy it, here’s a link to the full movie on YouTube if your interested http://youtu.be/i4e5T217cyk until next time catch ya later