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So glad y'all didn't have this famous twist spoiled beforehand. What a satisfying reveal.
I'm still a little mad that I was never able to go in as unspoiled. I had seen an article about "spoiler dvd covers" (because at that the time, the Chartlon Heston Planet of the Apes DVD cover had the ending on it) and I accidentally saw The Usual Suspects on there with one of the characters lit up more than the others. Oh well.
I'm also glad that unlike so many reactors, you didn't behave like modern twist-jaded moviegoers, and go out of your way to guess the surprise early because it was the least likely possibility. It's much more satisfying to just follow the story and let oneself be mystified till all is revealed.
@@DelGuy03 Tbh, they do that a lot in their reactions (especially George) and it always kind of sucks when they guess the big twist, reveal, or ending of a movie bc I watch to see their reactions to the big moments, not see how fast they can spoil it for themselves, so I was really glad that they didn't figure it out in this one. To be fair, "The Usual Suspects" does a better job at making the twist difficult to guess than many other movies do thanks to the "unreliable narrator," so I'm not sure they even could have without just taking a complete shot in the dark or basing it solely on the fact that Verbal was the only one who got off the boat alive.
There's another movie reactor I used to watch but I had to stop because like 90% of her commentary for every movie is her just trying to guess what's going to happen next, who's going to die, who the big bad is, if there's a twist, and what the end will be. It's seriously non-stop and super annoying. The last couple times I watched her channel, I was like, "Jesus! Just watch the damn movie!" Finally, midway through one of her reactions, I just stopped the video and haven't watched her since.
Reactors like that always remind me of that scene in "The IT Crowd" where Roy goes to his boss's house to watch the Quentin Tarantino zombie movie on the boss's big TV before his friend, The Dominator, can spoil the twist ending for him. Then, as the movie's starting, his boss (having heard that there was a twist ending) immediately starts trying to guess what the twist will be. "I bet he's a woman, that bloke. No! You think it's the future but it's actually set in the past! It's not Earth. It's all a dream! They're all clones. He's his own brother! Everyone's a ghost..."
@@johnplaysgames3120 Well, I won't blame our hosts here, because it's the times we live in, but I'm glad it didn't happen this time. But on other reaction channels I do see a lot of "pre-emptive guessing" with the attitude "I don't want to be fooled again," and I always wonder, Why not? It's fun to be fooled! (At least when it's expertly done.) One reactor whom I started out enjoying, after a big twist early in the TV series he was reacting to, thereafter never let himself just enjoy a scene or episode because he was constantly wondering if someone in the scene was hiding something, or not who they pretended to be. I eventually got tired of watching that person, for that reason -- all his reactions became meta-reactions, ignoring what was really happening in favor of what might possibly be happening.
Facts
Del Toro chose that accent and mannerisms simply because his character didn't have as much to do as the others (and didn't live as long). So he figured he'd go for something a bit more memorable. it worked!
Kevin Pollak has talked about how he was offered Fenster first but turned it down for exactly those reasons. After seeing Del Toro, he realized the missed opportunity.
@@peterk7931 This is such a weird role for Kevin Pollak since I've only ever seen him do comedy other than this movie, most memorably as the guy with one weird eye in Wayne's World 2.
@@carlevans8825 Also, supposedly Del Toro couldn't stop farting during the line-up scene - thats why they were laughing so much.
@@carlevans8825 that was part of it. The larger part was that del toro was full of gas and just kept farting throughout that scene. What triggered the giggles was baldwins response, and the farts just kept it rolling. It was written to be played straight but the laughs were kept in to show that these guys were already beginning to bond
@@zammmerjammer he was also one of the brownies in willow!
When Simone and George suddenly realised the truth, when the twist ending was revealed, they both provided the best facial expressions and reactions, of this CineBinge React video! :)
Took them for a ride lol
Aaahhh! I can't wait!
And I’m so happy they got it at the same time. It wouldn’t have been as fun if one got it before the other and blurted it out.
IKR? I had to rewind it several times cause I got such a HUGE kick out of it!
There's just no substitute for seeing this movie for the first time. I've seen it a lot, but the first time broke my brain, too.
This movie was a lot less predictable back then when Kevin Spacey was essentially unknown
Now why would Bryan Singer direct a monst-
Oh. Ohhhh.
@@kinghadbar "America isn't ready for the real me" - Kevin Spacey. LA Confidential. Scene 3.
@@donotevenbegintocare "And like that - *POOF!* - he's gone."
@@kinghadbar Anal Klimt?
Mmm, before that he played a psychotic billionaire for a season on "Wiseguy", a TV show. It's not like seeing Ben Kingsley, known at the time for portraying Gandhi, playing gangsters in "Bugsy" and "The Sexy Beast".
If you rewatch it, you'll notice Kevin Spacey acting completely different. He's always smurking while the cops aren't seeing his face for instance. It truly is a masterful acting performance and well deserved the Oscar.
Also funfact: he says his name's Roger but he talks too much, earning himself the name Verbal... Aaaand the name Keyser Söze can be roughly translated to "King who talks too much" in turkish.
There are little clues to the ... unreliability of Verbal's testimony throughout. e.g. when they are leaving New York and Keaton is watching/spying on Edie from the top of those stairs, Verbal is at the bottom of the stairs, and a second or two later at the top telling Keaton "write her a note". How could a cripple get up those stairs so fast? (to say nothing of Verbal's whole attitude changing from his passive self to an impatient/irritated one "she'll understand". as if he's thinking "ok dude I have a whole bunch of stuff planned out in LA. Move it.")
Otherwise known as "Simone and George learn about unreliable narrators"! LOL
That’s all you can hope for in a reaction to this movie😉
"Wait, people can lie?" - Two Shocked Canadians
@@mandalorian_guy 🤣🤣🤣
@@PorterJustPorter see also: Fargo, Fight Club
@@leroylowe5921 Who is the unreliable narrator in Fargo? And what is unreliable about the Narration? Do you mean the “based on a true story” bit?
Nobody ever mentions Redfoot say "I don't know, feed it to the gimp" pretty funny considering he's Zed in Pulp Fiction
Wow... How did it take me this long to realise that?
Nice catch!
17:40 Yes, the cigarette actually hit him in the face, which wasn't in the script. It was an accident, which makes his reaction all the more genuine!
That is why they had a very quick cut after that
In the outake footage,the actor that flicked the cigarette was very apologetic.
@@thedragonlee76
They had a B camera on Del Toro and caught his genuine reaction, so they could cut immediately to that and make a great sequence.
Cool. I have always wondered about that scene. It looks so real, but the cut is so quick so you can't really see for sure.
It is such a badass move to flick a cigarette straight into someone's face.
Insult level 1000.
I don't think you are likely to get seriously injured from it, a cigarette weighs almost nothing, the embers will explode and die out before burning through the skin, and your blink reflex is fast enough to protect the eyes...
But man, the psychological effect is massive.
Go back and watch the scene where Verbal's in the office waiting for the cops to come in. You can see him looking around the board picking things out.
Yeah, loved seeing that on a second watch. The first time, I remember thinking it was just a moment of boredom because they'd left him waiting in the office so long or that he was trying to look casual in case they were watching him or something. Such a brilliant clue because there's no way to guess that it's important until you've seen the ending.
Watch the whole movie a second time. There are so so many clues.
Yep. I pegged the twist right away in this movie. Was way too obvious. Same with 6th sense. The only way to do proper twists is to never give any clues whatsoever.
@@WheresWaldo05 Sure you did big guy.
@@degotas Reporting you to my police department since you knew i was 6'6". Creep. Keep on the lookout in your mailbox for a restraining order among other things in the coming days!
This movie has one of the greatest endings ever. The entire cast is incredible. This is a awesome movie.👍
This was very much an ensemble piece.
This is the closest we have to re-living "that moment" for the first time. Thank you.
This movie was named after the scene in Casablanca when Louie orders his men to "round up the usual suspects"
It warms my 44yo heart to see that this movie still packs the same punch it did way back when. hahaha This movie in a theater was like... it was like a transcendental experience as everyone all at once had that same exact reaction y'all did at the end. Masterful storytelling and direction and a much deserved Oscar for Spacey (albeit Singer and Spacey are pretty notorious scumbags). Great freaking movie, though.
Hello, fellow Club 44 member. 😂
@@joshcharlie13 😂😂😂 Old fogies represent!!!
Why does everyone feel the need to point out the vomit-inducing shit Spacey did in his private life, every single time he's in a movie?
Is it to virtue signal? When watching films, or taking in art of any form, you separate the work from the person.
To say that you love a movie Spacey is in, DOES NOT mean you're co-signing what he did in private life.
I love Woody Allen's older films.
You think I'm cool with him doing what he did?
No.
But, I can enjoy the films regardless of his behavior, or anything that he does, that does pertain to his artistry.
Enough already.
@@blaseblah204 That's nothing new. How many times have people commented about scientology under a Tom Cruise movie? Or heck, any controversy about Michael Jackson under his music videos?
My wife and I saw this in the theater when it came out. One of my friends told me I had to see it. When Soze's true identity is revealed there was an audible gasp in the theater, including from my wife and I. This may be a perfect film.
Normally there's a general hubbub in the foyer after a movie but when this was released in theatres it was comparatively quiet as patrons were trying to process what they had just witnessed and replaying the movie in their heads looking for clues. Brilliant film.
The film is so re-watchable just for that. Watching again and again saying to yourself, "Okay, what did I miss?" and continuously finding one. More. Thing!
And to think, it's Singer's first film out of film school. He's problematic now, but this and Days of Future Past mean I can never boycott his entire catalog.
Yeah, e.g. I love on a second watch seeing the shot where Verbal is scanning the bulletin board while waiting to be questioned. I remember the first time I saw the movie, I just took it as a moment of boredom because they were keeping him waiting so long. Such a great moment because it's a clue if you already know but means absolutely nothing if you don't.
@@johnplaysgames3120 honestly, that screenplay is genius level. Rewatching this movie, or watching people react to it for the first time is endlessly satisfying.
@@dadaseyi
This was NOT his first film out of USC.
HIs first film out of film school was a 1988 short called "Lion's Den".
His first feature film was 1993's "Public Access".
USual suspects came out 2 years later in 1995.
His entire catalog is crap cept for this & Future Past.
He is problematic now?!? Were you paying attention in 1997? Guy has been problematic since day 1.
This movie is great, because unlike a lot of others that have a twist ending, it doesn't rely on the twist. The whole movie is excellent from beginning to end, the twist of who is Kaiser Soze could've been left out, and kept Soze as just this boogieman and the whole caper as just a setup to tie up loose ends. And leave it ambiguous about if Keaton was just playing everyone( its mentioned that he had faked his death before, lending plausibility to the idea), or was played too.
But its brilliant that Verbal is called as such because he talks too much, when in his story he is rarely seen speaking, or doing much at all really. But the entire framing device of the film is, him talking about the events. A hint that his involvement in events might not be what he is presenting.
The Sting is good for that as well.
Roger Ebert apparently felt differently.
@@jp3813 Roger Ebert is a hack. He is the Paul Krugman of Hollywood, he is wrong more often than he is right.
@@MandoWookie Well, movie preferences aren't really a case of right & wrong. Though the hot takes are often puzzling.
This is one of those movies I’d pay to get my memory wiped to experience the twist again.
I think it's actually better on rewatch. There's so many little hints scattered throughout that tell you he's lying. I've watched this movie so many times and it's still great every time.
After several “but what about this scene” questions, you eventually realize that you can’t be certain whether that ever happened, or whether it was just made up.
The only things we know for certain is what the police already know and what we're shown after the reveal. The lineup happened, the robbery of NY Finest Taxi Service happened, the shootout and explosion on the dock happened and one of two survivors identified the other survivor as an operative or the leader of the criminal entity known as "Keyser Soze." He has an accomplice whose name is not "Kobayashi" and who may or may not be a lawyer. Three of the five from the line up were killed at the scene and Edie was found shot that morning. (Did they ever find Fenster's body? He might still be *alive* somewhere...)
That's it. All the rest of it may be bullsh!t. Redfoot may not even exist. The Keyser Soze origin story may or may not be true. If it's true it may not be about Verbal, it could be about Not-Kobayashi. Or Verbal was the original Keyser Soze's apprentice and the mantle is passed on like The Dread Pirate Roberts. Or it's been passed on multiple times and Verbal is like the fourth or fifth Keyser and the original died decades ago. Or it's just an urban legend that a couple smooth con men took advantage of...
Yeah the big one for me is whether Keaton was really the soulful guy we see or the scum the detective describes. I think Verbal made him more sympathetic because he knew it would make the detective mad and distract him from suspecting Verbal.
@@chrisleebowers Great comment. We know a bit, because things like New York's Finest Taxi Service could easily be checked by Culyan, so Verbal wouldn't bother lying about it. Although, we don't know if Keaton and co. actually did it, I suppose Verbal could have read about it in the paper and claimed they did it.
@@chrisleebowers perfect breakdown. I think we can assume Fenster is actually dead, but there isn’t 100% proof. He would of been dead at the boat with the rest if he wasn’t. In my humble opinion.
@@chrisleebowers Yeah, exactly. I will say that my assumption about the Keyser Soze origin story has always been that it's BS invented as part of Soze's mythology to keep anybody "he" works with or deals with from daring to cross him. And that "Keyser Soze" is just an invented bogey man/front to keep the cops or anyone else chasing shadows should they ever go after whoever's behind it.
We know from events outside of Verbal's story that there's a Fed (or something, idr) who's been compiling a file on Soze for years as a side quest, so there's obviously stories out there. And the Argentinians from the boat were scared to death of Soze and the one referred to him as "the Devil," so he obviously has a reputation. Plus, the guy on the boat who was assassinated had named Soze to the police (or whomever, idr) and, presumably as a result, he and everyone on his boat were wiped out, which is in keeping with the described penalties for crossing Soze (unclear if their families were also killed but I imagine they would be in order to lend truth to the stories and keep the fear alive). In that sense, even if "Keyser Soze" is a character who was invented to inspire fear and keep anyone he works with from getting ideas, whoever is behind it has basically become Keyser Soze in order to reinforce the mythology.
I also have generally assumed that Verbal was the actual guy behind "Keyser Soze" because (1) "Kobayashi" picks him up at the end and, more importantly, (2) he kills everyone recruited to help him on the boat job, which I'm assuming he did because they'd be able to identify him (even if they didn't know he was Soze). That second one, especially, combined with how quickly he shot the supposed "jeweler" (assuming that was true bc I'm not sure why he'd tell the cops he shot someone during a robbery instead of blaming it on McManus or someone if he didn't) made it seem like he was actually pretty cold-blooded and all about business.
After reading your comment, though, I guess you're right. "Kobayashi" could've been Soze, or they could've been a couple of conmen/criminals who use "Soze" as a front/misdirection, or they could be part of a larger organization who use "Soze" as a front/misdirection, or "Verbal" could even just be a hitman or trusted operative for whoever the real big boss is.
Given that the Argentinians were wiped out presumably for naming Soze to authorities and not for money or drugs, I'm assuming Not-Verbal and Not-Kobayashi are not just a couple of conmen unrelated to "Soze" who are just using the stories of him to recruit people for a couple of quick jobs.
Personally, I still kinda feel like "Verbal" is the guy and "Kobayashi" is his trusted #2 or lawyer or something because it seemed like the story he told the police was a mix of fact and fiction with the names changed and those are elements he could throw in without changing anything but the names and his location/relation to events along the way. No way to know though...
Whatever the truth... WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!
12:03 made me realize “The Town” should make its way onto a poll at some point. Charlestown, Boston bank heist thriller. Sort of a spiritual successor of The Departed.
LOVE The Town!
STRONGLY support this.
Have they done Heat already though?
Alan Smithee is the alias the DGA uses when a director’s name is taken off a movie.
Fun fact: There was once a terrible comedy made called An Alan Smithee Film, about a director with an unfortunate name, Alan Smithee. Ironically, the director of THAT film wanted his name off it, so An Alan Smithee Film wound up being an Alan Smithee film.
Burn Hollywood Burn: An Alan Smithee Story. Please - no one make them watch and react to THAT. They don't deserve that hell.
Alan Smithee *WAS* the alias used. It was retired not even that recently.
What a total coincidence that that happened! It definitely was not a contrived stunt desperately trying to get attention for a horrible movie already shiny with flop sweat
earlier when Kujan is walking around and tells Verbal he was smarter than him and was going to find out what he wanted to know..Verbal has a little smile then drops it when Kujan comes back to the front..greatness
Fun fact: Fenster was supposed to be an older guy, his dynamic with McManus was supposed to be that of an older mentor and younger, hotheaded protege. But Bryan Singer loved Del Toro's weirdness so much he and Chris Mcquarrie changed the character to fit him, leaving the nature of the pair's relationship ambiguous.
Did not know that. Suddenly, I'm seeing McManus's upset at the others balking at burying Fenster in a different light. I can imagine, when written, it was meant to carry even more emotional weight as it would be the protege burying his mentor. Cool fact!
@@johnplaysgames3120that also makes more sense why in the scene where Kobayashi first meets the group and gives them all of their files etc, Fenster is shown to be the one with I think the most knowledge of Soze besides Keaton, and that's why Fenster tries to run, it's understandable for the older more experienced criminal who's been in the game longer to know more about Soze and be too scared to be involved
3:33 I love how in that line up scene, everyone was cracking up. Trying so hard not break character 🤣
They were farting in each other during the filming and it helped spiral the situation to the humorous.
IIRC, somebody was farting during that scene.
@@johnshull2454 Farting... in each other?
Hard to not break character when someone breaks wind.
Del Toro had gas and that's why they all were laughing
So glad you guys got to experience the ending without spoilers! Seeing how much you liked this, I highly recommend The Game with Michael Douglas. It's another excellent thriller.
same director as SE7EN...
Also LA Confidential
ditto....I think The Game is criminally underrated
Just to let you know, such a recommendation is also one way of alerting people that a movie also has a twist ending. But in the case of The Game, it pretty much doesn't matter.
@@jp3813 - nobody mentioned an ending until you just did.
The amazing thing is that if you rewatch you can see Kevin’s character look at the wall inspecting it to come up with his story
George when you said, “what about Pepsi?” I burst out laughing 😂 also fun fact if you go back to the beginning and you know what to listen for, you can hear Kevin spacey talking. Basically the first scene shows you everything and the rest of the movie tries to convince you that what you saw/heard was wrong.
Between this movie and The Sixth Sense, they have to be some of the best twist endings ever made! Glad you guys got to watch it. It's so much fun to see people realize what really happened, and your faces were priceless!
i 'd like to add "Wild things" with Kevin Bacon to that list.
And THE STING.
To add to the list of "hey, expect a twist if you ever watch this" semi-spoilers, I also really liked the endings of "The Prestige," "Fight Club," and "Shutter Island."
Also, The Others, and Predestination.
Not the ending but Crying Game had a pretty big surprise.
As a hungarian I can verify that the guy at the hospital spoke legit hungarian, but with a thick and a bit weird accent. The translator guy was good as well, however he mistranslated some stuff. For example the burn victim never talked about any "guarantees". 😅
The funny part is that here in Hungary we dub every movie. Ususally when the spoken foreign language is happens to be hungarian in a scene (like here), we dub it to a third language so it won't break the illusion for us. However they were lazy with this movie and kept this scene hungarian even so they redubbed the victim guy to hungarian (don't ask why), and gave the translator a very thick countryside/hillbilly accents. So the scene plays out like everybody can speak hungarian but can't understand the victim because he's too much of a country boy. Pure comedy gold. 😂😂
Na ezért nem nézek már szinkronnal filmeket évek óta. Vannak ilyen pillanatok is, amin lehet röhögni, de nagyrészt siralmas és elvesz a film értékéből.
@@hadvezer99 Ezzel én is hasonlóan vagyok.
I like how there's two reveals for the viewer - the first when you realise who he is, and then the second when you realise that HE told you most of the 'plot'. Even the cop, who is presumably a reliable narrator, is mostly stating information and conclusions which we now know are built on myths and lies. What is actually real?
1995 was a phenomenal year for crime films: The Usual Suspects, Se7en, Heat, Casino, La Haine, etc...
Dan Hedaya WAS in Commando, along with about 70 or 80 other movies. His best performance might have been in the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple (1985).
His best performance was a Nick Tortelli in Cheers.
Loved his character on Cheers
Alicia Silverstone's dad in Clueless
His best performance was Tom Hanks boss in Joe vs the Volcano
Blood Simple was a phenomenal movie when I first saw it.
It seldom gets a much warranted mention.
Nobody I know has watched it, despite my efforts to make them aware.
"He's gone" over a black screen remains one of the most chill inducing scenes ever for me. I rewatch this movie just for that final bit all the time.
George’s reaction to the reveal was just like my reaction back in the 90s: shock followed by delighted giggling. Still such a great twist!
I love that Rodger played the long game. He had a criminal history as 'Verbal the cripple conman' and made sure he served time with Keaton, who could then vouch for him with the rest of the group.
You really don't know if thats true or not. I suppose they could look up where this Roger person served time, and if there was crossover between him and Keaton. But... who knows whats true.
This movie has a proper twist and a proper twist is one you never see coming. I’m glad you two enjoyed it. Here’s the key to the story: Kevin Spacey’s Verbal is a master short-con artist. Hearing and seeing nouns and immediately incorporating them into a “verbal” con requires mad skills. But there’s more; his alter ego Keyser Soze, represents his mastery as a long-con artist. Put them together and the short-con artist can sell any story to anyone to complement or deflect whatever his long-con side requires in executing a crime and not getting caught. A brilliant screenplay.
Congratulations, you have finally heard of Keyser Soze. Kevin Spacey won his first Academy Award for this role. Alan Smithee is the pseudonym directors use when they don't want to take credit for their work Another great reaction-- you guys should check out the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing starring Gabriel Byrne, the guy you assumed was Keyser Soze, another awesome crime film, if only because it's the Coens.
Miller's Crossing is a gem. Sadly it gets lost a bit whenever there is a discussion of the Coen brothers work, but its one of my favourites by them.
In fairness, even Gabriel Byrne assumed that Gabriel Byrne was Keyser Soze!
@@StormhavenGaming And was furious when he found out he wasn't! 😂
Dan Hedaya Is also from the Coen Brothers stable. Blood Simple is awesome if you've never seen it...
One of those great plot twist films where even once you know the ending it's still amazing to re-watch it time and time again, picking up on the clues that don't stand out on the first viewing.
I'm always so glad when people are surprised at the very end. With the way you both were talking, I was just sure one of you was going to say it before the movie could reveal it.
The confidence, the absolute lack of any doubt that he controlled the situation is staggering. Soze is so badass, he doesn't even have a cover story, he just makes one up in the moment, off the board. Still impressed.
The official pseudonym used by directors who wished to disown a project is Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee). Coined in 1968 and used until it was formally discontinued in 2000
Everytime I see the ending I still get chills. Top 10 movies alltime.
You only experience this film, properly, once.
It remains a part of you, forever.
Gabriel Byrne’s accent slips through off and on love it
What always amuses me about this movie is that in the end Keyser actually loses. The entire purpose of setting these guys up to storm the boat was so he could eliminate the only guy who could identify him but after it all goes down his identity is out and there is even a sketch of him in circulation.
If you think that’s a young Benicia Del Toro, the first major role he had in an English language film was in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. Something like, 6 years before this?
The best part about Simone’s intros is George’s perplexed reaction to them
One of my favorite movies. There are so many things you see if you watch multiple times. At the beginning when they're just showing Soze before he shoots Keaton, they very specifically show his gold watch, gold lighter and that he's smoking. At the end before it's completely revealed, he's getting his things back and the officer very specifically names his things "one watch, gold. One cigarette lighter, gold" etc. Great reaction!
That bit at the beginning where Spacey is in the room waiting for Dave Kujan, he looks bored looking around the office. Now watch it again, he looks like he's studying the wall. Same performance, but looks totally different with the knowledge of now knowing who he really is.
I like how it looks like Simone is making some arm gestures at 7:18
Also, haven't seen this one in a long time and it was interesting watching it knowing the twist. Really makes for a different experience.
A GREAT movie! One of the BEST crime thrillers ever made. And, can we talk about what an under-rated actor Pete Postlethwaite (Kobayashi) is?
... and, then, Bryan Singer went on to direct a bunch of crappy X-Men movies.
I'm sure he's been in better things but standout Pete Postlethwaite performances for me are as the band leader in Brassed Off and as Obadiah Hakeswill in the TV series Sharpe... and of course as the father in 'In The Name of the Father'.
7:23
Yes, that is indeed Dan Hedaya, who played the deposed dictator in Commando.
"I have CHILLS at that ending."
I still get chills......that last stroke on the strings in the music....."He's gone!"
This film is famous for so many reasons, with one being that during the line-up scene, someone let the wind blow free and the laughter is completely real. :)
Del Toro is the alleged wind breaker
Great reaction guys, glad you enjoyed it. If you really want to trip out watch this again. It's a whole different experience. The bulletin board montage is cool, but it doesn't do justice to everything you miss before you know the twist. Kevin Spacey's performance is phenomenal.
No one who watches this for the first time predicts the twist. It's so well done, it's in plain sight the entire time.
In the scene where Agent Kujan has Verbal on the floor and he's yelling at him, Verbal actually says flat out, "I did, I did kill Keaton" but Kujon is too busy shouting to notice.
Now that you have seen both the Fugitive and this movie, you just have to watch Leslie Nielson's "Wrongfully Accused", which is a spoof on both of these movies and it's hilarious and underrated.
That movie is SO quotable and one of my favourite Leslie movies. That scene in the bait shop with the 'reveal', but there are so many more awesome ones!
I saw this in the theater with my brother, and I can honestly say there wasn't a jaw that was not dropped at the end of the movie!! Nobody saw that coming and I am so glad nobody ruined it for you by spilling the end before you watched it! Amazing choice of movie
I will forever love this film. Don’t know if I’m dumb or what but I was so into the story I did not see this twist coming at all. Great writing, great acting, love this movie. Great job guys
Yes, they guy who plays Rabin also played the dictator bad guy in Commando, as well as Cher's dad in Clueless, and a whole bunch of other supporting roles.
Blood Simple, and Carla's ex Nick in Cheers.
"Brian Singer never went to kindergarten and learnt to share."
Yeah...about that... 🤫
2:43 they're not _picking_ up all the usual suspects. They're rounding them up ;)
Why? The title of the movie is a Casablanca reference. The more movies you watch, the more you're gonna bump into Casablanca references. It's like the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure of classic movies.
They should *definitely* watch Casablanca. Fully worthy of every accolade it has as one of the greatest movies ever made.
@@tylerfoster6267 Yep. And really entertaining to boot! Not all ”historically significant” films can claim that.
I can imagine George and Simone going ”is this where that line is originally from?” over and over again, to which the answer is, every single time, YES.
George's facial expresion at the end there is *SO* good.
Love this reaction. This is still one of my favorite movies, even if it's hard to separate from the problematic nature of Kevin Spacey. I love the way the story telling unfolds, forwards and backwards, to keep you in the dark despite how much you know. If you like that style, I'd recommend Memento, with Guy Pierce, Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano. A movie that I think has been rather unjustly forgotten.
"That looked like it actually hit him." It did. It wasn't how the scene was originally intended to play out, but a happy accident.
I was lucky enough to wander in to my local flea pit cinema and watch this unseen, the matinee, day after it premiered. It was spoiled so quickly and so widely I was one of only a few who got the unspoiled experience. People would vandalise the posters, putting a circle or an arrow towards Kieser.
What stung me is I got the earliest clue. The first big giveaway. The stream of piss. The piss was thick, unreal looking. I noted it at the time as being a bad practical effect as they used something that would put out the flame and piss didn't worke because the gas was too flammable. Then, Verbal mentions he gets dehydrated, his piss comes out like snot. I took note but then wondered why they made it look like Keiser pissed on it, if it was supposed to be Verbal.
Then I got caught up with the rest of the story, and didn't remember until the reveal.
Nice. Yet another example of how the 90's were the golden age of film. Outstanding in all respects.
I saw this in the theater and I still consider myself lucky to not have had it spoiled - I can't tell you how fortunate you two are 😆
Probably one of top 5 final act twists in movie history and, as mentioned elsewhere, the film they should teach in film school regarding how to write an unreliable narrator in your story.
The crazy thing about Spacey’s performance is Seven came out later the same year. Talk about two roles of a lifetime.
Well, regarding film schools teaching about the "unreliable narrator", you could also do Memento.
@@tfpp1 Correct. But, unlike Usual Suspects, which I’ve seen reactions to a handful of times, you don’t get Memento reactions. I haven’t seen any. That’s a shame because that’s, indeed, a great unreliable narrator movie and a great movie just overall.
It put Christopher Nolan on the map and is probably the best calling card of one’s brilliance early in a career.
Oddly specific typecasting: unlikely criminal masterminds in radically ground-breaking neo-noir crime dramas with the most shocking final twists in recent memory...
@@chrisleebowers If only his character in L.A. Confidential followed the same pattern, he could’ve had the trifecta. Although, that movie is more straight up noir.
And supposedly that's why Spacey's credit is at the end of Seven so the audience couldn't guess because of the reveal in this one.
Kevin Spacey the unreliable narrator. I love that fact he is called Verbal and used that skill to escape custody. Using the objects with names as an aid probably helped his memory so he could keep the story consistent.
Fun Fact: In an interview on The Colbert Report (2005), Kevin Spacey revealed that Bryan Singer managed to convince every one of the major actors that they were Keyser Soze. When first screened for the company of actors, Gabriel Byrne was so stunned when he found that he wasn't Keyser Soze that he stormed off into the parking lot and argued with Singer for a half hour.(Imdb).
One of the-if not THE BEST-movie twists ever! So glad you didn't have a clue. It's a great experience and I remember it well!
I totally LOLed a bit when Simone mentioned Pulp Fiction in reference to the briefcase with the boat plans was opened. The it hit me she didn't realize who Redfoot the fence was...He was Zed in Pulp Fiction! Oh and because of the sudden success Spacey had with this film. It was on his request not to be mentioned in the opening credits of Seven which was released later the same year in '95.
I knew I recognized him from somewhere. The movie is such brain grabber that I didn't have time to process where else I'd seen him.
@@PuppyMonsters It's all good. It's actually one of the better reactions I've seen for the film yet.
I love this film because its a story about stories about stories. "Convince me, convince me, convince me ...."
Usual Suspects is a line from the end of the movie "Casablanca" when a law enforcement officer says "round up the usual suspects".
Small thing I caught this time around, the guy who plays redfoot, talks about the gimp... the actor played Zed in pulp fiction... he had a gimp... Lovely reference ;) heheh
Your appreciation for the reveal made my day. A classic in my book. Thanks for the great reaction folks!
Such an amazing movie, such an amazing performance, no matter any real life issues with any cast or crew. I think this is possibly the greatest heist movie of the 90s - in fact, possibly ever!
I think Singer said the triumph of the movie is that it shows you what happened in the first five minutes and then spends the rest of the movie convincing the viewer that it didn't happen. And the truly amazing thing about the reveal is that, not only does it show Verbal's VERSION of events to be a lie, but it also calls ANY of the events in the story into question. Literally anything could be made up, barring the bodies in the harbour and the things the police verified independently. Was it all just a hit? Did the characters plan it as a heist? Was Dean Keaton even there? Or was it all just make believe to show the police a great big middle finger?
Such a great movie.
The lineup scene is somewhat improvised. The actors kept goofing around, which was really aggitating the director, so he let them do a take their way. And in the movie is what we got from it.
Well, that and Benicio Del Toro reportedly kept farting during the takes. At least some of the laughing in the scene was from that.
@@johnplaysgames3120 YEP!!
What still gets me after several decades is that there probably was no Redfoot, and there probably was no botched job in LA. Basically, anything Verbal was saying could be a lie, including the explanation of what happened on the boat.
It's so fun getting to see people see the twist for the first time. I saw this back in 97. I wish I could relive that feeling of it all coming together again.
I literally was grinning ear to ear the entire reaction knowing what reveal was coming. I loved this reaction to one of my favorite movies.
Alan Smithee is the name used when directors take their names off films.
Thank you, the two of you, I love watching this movie with people who have never seen it before. Love the Magrathea T-shirt George, don’t forget your towel.
I love your reaction! This is a surprisingly rewatchable movie!
Oh, your faces at the reveal! 👍
Im here for Simone's intros. They are everything lol
I love when George says “Who’s Kaiser Soze?” Bingo! You just quoted the marketing campaign when the film came out!
And yes it's Hungarian... one of the toughest languages to learn... Talpra Magyar. Oh, and your growing realization was priceless.
This film is as close to perfection as you can get. The script, casting, direction... impeccable. The ending is still the best twist ever. Sorry M. Night, compared to this, you're an amateur.
Thanks for the reaction. You two are so much fun to watch. Great vibe and energy. Keep it up!
This movie and L.A. Confidential were two of the smartest movies released in the entire 1990s. Just amazing scripts and performances that kept your mind racing to keep up. Now today all we get is guys in tights shooting eye rays.
Smartest, and best cast, along with the Tarentino stuff.
"Hand me the keys" has been a nice introduction into every single character. Just the way they said it.
Great reaction. Thanks! With all these comments I won't say how much fun your reactions are -- Im sure its all been said; but Id just like to add that Simone's descriptions kept reminding me of another must see film for any movie buff...
"Guy in the hat killed the other guy in a hat." --Throw Momma From The Train 🤠
The end twist was spoiled for me and to this day it's one of my all time favs nonetheless. There's so much to it than that, the dialogue, the acting, the pacing, the soundtrack, the framing, the editing, almost every second of this gem is perfect. I would change next to nothing. You could remove the end twist completely and it'd still be a legend. A cinema tour de force.
Awesome that you still loved it but, man, that sucks that it was spoiled for you. That moment of "wait... what?" at the reveal is pure gold. I've been pretty lucky with avoiding spoilers for twist endings, but I saw "Sixth Sense" with a girl who'd had the end spoiled for her. To her credit, she didn't tell me until after the movie. I did wonder why she wasn't reacting very much to the reveal but just chalked it up to her being in a mood.
Afterward, she told me that one of her co-workers spoiled it for her earlier in the day. Apparently, he's one of those a-holes who thinks it's funny to ruin movies for people (he immediately told her when she mentioned that we were going to see it that night). Might have been funny to him (I think it was also a form of "negging" in one of his immature attempts at flirting with her, like when a little boy punches a little girl in the arm because he likes her) but it really ruined her whole night and robbed her of the experience everyone else in the theater was having.
Probably my favorite twist ending ever. I was completely blindsided.
The wrist watch...
In the beginning of the movie, when he kills Keaton (Byrne) he looks at his watch... The same watch cops gives him back when he gets out. The same watch he puts on his hand after walking out...
And a couple of hints here and there throughout the movie, easily missed (When "Kobayashi" says some of them might die, but Verbal later says that all of them will die)...
Wonder if it was the same wristwatch "your father was wearing when he was shot down over Hanoi " ? ( sorry, two of my favorite movies, this one and Pulp Fiction, both have heavy wristwatch influences, I hope you have seen Pulp Fiction or this will make no sense lol) If you have not seen it, do yourself a kindness and watch it ( watch it? omg , that was a bad pun even for me lol)
my favorite movie of all time. the first time I watched it my brain broke 😂
great reaction vid!!
This is a great movie to rewatch because you start seeing the little clues, and the layers of the story
Two Kevin Spacey movies you MUST see:
"The Negotiator"
"Swimming With Sharks"
K-Pax was also pretty good and leaves you with a "was it real or not" kind of feeling.
Glengarry glenross and Margin Call.
This movie was up for two Oscars, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Spacey. It won both, and goddamn did this movie deserve both. ❤️
Yes Simone he was in Commando. Good catch.
.. and Cheers, and Blood Simple.
You mentioned the MGM lion. That not only is this lion not really roaring, the actual recorded roar is of a TIGER because a real lion’s roar doesn’t sound anything like you’d think.