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The Usual Suspects Analysis

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The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer, exposed to its audience in a plot twist ending, that it was most “unusual” suspect who was “the devil”. A character branded as stupid and crippled with the “wounded innocence of a kid who ate all the cookies”, was revealed to be Keyser Soze, the character in the film who kills his own kids and wife to show the mob who is in control (Ebert par. 3). Gruesomely, he also killed members of the mob and their kids, parents, and friends; burned down their houses; and murdered the people who owed them money. The Character, Soze, is a criminal lord who is introduced in the film as a myth; the characters themselves are not certain about who the guy is; and his identity is ambiguous for most of the movie. The director strategically distracts the audience by framing the story of usual suspects in an intricate narrative attempting to discover the identity of the unknown psychopath, Soze; transforming The Usual Suspect, into quite unusual. Moreover, "the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.". Not only were the characters in the film oblivious to Soze’s identity and existence, but the director casted the same effect with the …show more content…

But as Vebal was existing the office, his limp disappeared and he climbed into a car with Kobayashi. Verbal said previously in his interview “You think a guy like that comes this close to getting caught, and sticks his head out? If he comes up for anything it'll be to get rid of me. After that... my guess is you'll never hear from him again.” Soze came very close to getting caught, but then freed himself; he essentially acted upon what he told agent Kujan in a previous conversation. If the audience is confused yet, that’s exactly the way it is supposed to be; and it is executed

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