Who is Keyser Soze? ("The Usual Suspects")

One indication of how good a movie is, if we are able to watch it again and again with the same excitement. This is the case with "The Usual Suspects". I don't know about other people, but I never feel tired of watching this movie.

Five Suspects. Fifty Plot Twists. One Keyser Soze.

The Usual Suspects is one of the best crime movies in the 90’s. It is also an example of how a good movie can be made with only USD6 million low budget.

After the opening shooting sequence on a boat, the story starts with five criminals being hauled into the New York police station because a crime was committed and they are the usual suspects. Accused of hijacking a truckload of gun parts in Oueens, they are brought in for a line-up.

No one cracks, and while waiting to be charged or released, the criminals hatch a plan for an emerald heist. Eventually they wind up in California, where they are blackmailed by a lawyer named Kobayashi into doing a job for someone named Keyser Soze.

Hence, the ultimate question throughout the film : Who is Keyser Soze?

“Give me the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucking motherfucker, aaarrrghh.” (McManus-Stephen Baldwin)