Admit It: You Never Saw That Coming!!

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2016)

This is one of the most original cinematic stories ever told. "The Usual Suspects" won two Academy Awards, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, due to a fantastic cast and an awesome story with an even bigger plot twist.
The Plot: Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri), a Customs agent, brings Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), a small-time con artist with a limp, into a local Californian police station for questioning in hopes of discovering the identity of the mysterious criminal Kaiser Söze. Kint tells the story of how he, three other criminals, and formerly corrupt police officer Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) agreed to do a job for Söze who had vendettas against all of them. Kint explains that the job went wrong, and a man killed the others, including Keaton, before setting the ship they were all on board aflame. Kujan doesn't believe his story and instead forces him to admit that Keaton was really Kaiser Söze.
The Twist: "Who is Keyser Soze?" This is what everybody wants to know, as the viewer sees a crippled man named "Verbal" Kint (who was part of a major crime alongside his partners) to the detectives assigned to the case.
Crime lord Keyzer Soze is "Verbal" Kint, who has just told detective Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) a pack of lies he's made up. As he's being released from custody, he steps out to the street and reveals himself as non-crippled. One of the greatest cinematic stories ever told and the greatest ending twist in film history. In what is arguably the greatest cinematic twist of all time, Kujan realises that everything Verbal told him during the interview can be found in pictures, clippings, and items around the office, revealing that Kint lied about everything. As Kint walks to his car, long gone from the police station, he drops his limp.
The film ends with Kint reciting a quote by French poet Baudelaire: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." —Before the screen goes black, he adds, "And like that he's gone."
This is the kind of twist that makes repeat viewings so rewarding. Once you know what's up, you can start to differentiate between the lies and the truths.
Admit it: You never saw that coming!!