The Usual Suspects

(1995)

as Redfoot

Taglines: Five criminals. One line up. No coincidence.

In a world where nothing is what it seems you've got to look beyond...

The truth is always in the last place you look.

Plot: After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now deperately trying to go straight. The cops won't leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent "Keyser Soze" is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot.

Other Noteworthy Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Spacey and Chazz Palminteri

Trivia: The line-up scene was scripted as a serious scene, but after a full day of filming takes where the actors couldn't keep a straight face, director Bryan Singer decided to use the funniest takes.

The order that the personal packages are given to everyone in the pool room is the same order in which the characters die.

The part of Verbal Kint was always intended for actor Kevin Spacey. Is it a coincidence that Kevin Spacey and Keyser Soze have the same initials?

At one point in the film, Keyser Soze is referred to as being Turkish. "Soz" in Turkish means "word." Could this be a clue that Keyser Soze is "Verbal" Kint?