I worked with Gabriel Byrne on a western in Montana last year, I drove him into town and we talked about random stuff. When I brought him back to his place the other production assistant picked me up, when I left I knocked on his door and said, "Ok Mr Byrne I'm taking off", he said, "Ok Red ill see u on set". I said, "I almost called u Keyser Soze earlier", he started laughing and from then on he wanted me to drive him to set everyday. It was great
"Now, HE'S holding a gun sideways." That's the best comment I've heard in quite a while, and it didn't come from any script; she said it. This lady is a smart cookie.
I think it’s great that even Gabriel Byrne thought he was Kaiser Soze until the premiere. Also the cigarette flick by Redfoot at the face, in the script and direction it was supposed to be at his chest and he missed, hitting his face. The surprised reaction was real.
My friend, Christopher McQuarrie and I drove from New Jersey to Los Angeles in 1991. We would always hang out together and I remember him telling me the most amazing story ideas while we drove the streets of Los Angeles. He would talk and talk and he'd always keep me engaged. His storytelling techniques were truly amazing. I'll never forget those late-night drives just talking and laughing and going to cheap eateries with friends. Good times indeed. The first project we worked on was a film called Public Access. It was written by Chris, I was part of the camera department and it was directed by Bryan Singer. A real jumping-off point for their next project. I saw an early screening of 'Suspects' and afterward, I gave Chris a congratulatory kiss and told him that his life will never be the same. As an editor, I briefly worked in the Hollywood system, but later decided that it wasn't for me. Chris is now the right-hand man for Tom Cruise, writing and directing the most successful films of his career. We still keep in touch. Very proud of my friend. True story.
The Way of the Gun is a classic. I'd love to see reactors react to that one. He's one of my favorite filmmakers. Edge of Tomorrow and Jack the Giant Slayer were also great.
The line-up scene when they read the statement is one of the greatest improvised scenes in film. The actors we all trying to make each other laugh. It made the director furious. Such an iconic scene. Also, 1995 is a phenomenal year for crime films: The Usual Suspects, Se7en, Heat, Casino, La Haine, etc.
Really appreciate how honest you both are in regards to whether you've seen a movie before and/or how aware you are of certain plot developments. I also enjoy how in-depth your discussions are afterwards. So many reaction channels watch a movie, give some generic remarks for a minute or two, and then end the video there. I get a big kick out of how you both really dig into what you did and didn't like about each movie and how you were feeling in certain moments. Good stuff! Also, fun fact: This was written by Christopher McQuarrie, the director of the last few Mission Impossible movies.
You two are by far my FAVORITE movie reactors on UA-cam! Honest reactions and comments. Insightful discussion afterwards. Thank you for sharing. By the way, look at the end again when he's in the car holding his cigarette. It's a definite tell.
Samantha not knowing anything about the movie was so smart on how she was following everything. I was much rooting for her and even thought at one point she was going to figure it or at least take a guess of Verbal out before the reveal. I recommended this movie a couple times. Glad you finally got to it.
There is hints all throughout the movie Soze is verbal - - The wristwatch and cigarette lighter Soze is seen with in the beginning is given back to Verbal when he's leaving the station. - Verbal mentions how his urine comes out thicker than normal due to a condition, Soze's urine is shown as overly thick. - Verbal is shown multiple times smoking his cigarette's in the unique way Soze does between his finger tip and his thumb which is unusual to everyone else in the movie but common in Turkey (Soze's home country). - It cuts straight to Verbal when characters ask things like who is Keyser Soze? or just mention his name, countless times. - Soze means "talk too much" in Turkish and he is called Verbal, in fact Soze translates to "King Talks too much" it's like the word Verbose in English. - Verbal messes up on a couple of occasions in the office and takes things with his "disabled" hand or moves a part he's not supposed to be able too and very quickly corrects himself. - You can see when he's sitting alone in the office at the beginning he is clearly reading off the board and making up the story right there and then before Kujan gets there. - As soon as Kujan asks about "the lawyer" he's standing over Verbal and drinking just before you go into his story you can see Verbal staring at the bottom of Kujans Coffee mug and reading the name Kobayashi off the bottom. - There's a close up of Verbal starting to smirk when Kujan is lecturing and walking behind him because he sees he's falling right into his trap of thinking it is Keaton and then as soon as Kujan comes around he hides it and goes right back into character. - When Keaton asks what language the guys on the boat are speaking, nobody knows but then Verbal responds "It's Hungarian". - The movie straight up tells you through dialogue Verbal is Soze. When Kujan throws Verbal to the ground, yelling "who killed Keaton?" Verbal accidently slips up and says "I killed Keaton" this was of course after seeing and establishing Soze did it, the filmmaker's were relying on the fact the audience like Kujan wouldn't notice with all Kujans yelling but it's very clearly said. Another cool little detail is at the end whenever Kujan is sitting down with the coffee mug, his colleague and him share what seems to be meaningless banter If you listen closely it's a metaphor for what's about to happen with the board, he's saying things like "it all makes sense you look at it right, you just got to stand back from it y'know?" which doesn't even make sense in response to Kujans comment which was calling him a slob for his messy desk.
There's a scene where Palminteri is berating Spacey, but while he has his back turned, Spacey breaks into a totally inappropriate smile that disappears the instant Palminteri turns around. It's very fast, and I remember it throwing me off the first time I saw this movie- until it made 100% sense at the end.
Looking back at 1995, this film and Seven came out in the same month as this film. The Usual Suspects came out first. I don’t know how many people experienced this but it must have been something seeing Kevin Spacey in this film, getting blown away by the twist and then seeing Seven right after that. He’s in both films and Seven has a reveal/entrance that involves Spacey that’s pretty memorable and awesome. Even more so if one had just seen The Usual Suspects. One could kind of do that now but it must’ve been crazy/thrilling to see this film and then Seven in the theater back in the day.
I saw Seven on opening day. What a devastating experience. I enjoyed Suspects as well, but I couldn't help but think that there was one more surprise coming before the end. Ta da..
The greatest reveal of all time. Right up there with "The Sixth Sense," "Memento" and "Psycho." All from last century, when film making was still an art form.
Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Pollack were also in my biggest guilty pleasure movie, “End of Days”. The priest in the movie even said, “Satan’s greatest trick was convincing man he he didn’t exist.”
I do think the Hungarian connection is true. One of the times I rewatched and was looking for the clues, I noticed when they were preparing to attack at the ship one of the other guys wondered out loud what language was being spoken. Kevin Spacey replied Hungarian. That’s not a common language, and it’s not a language most of us would recognize…unless we knew it 😉
@@coxmosia1 hard to even guess. Because of the way we see the story, we don't know which events actually happened, aside from parts of the ship attack and the lineup at the beginning. So, for example, we know there wasn't a lawyer named Kobayashi who set them up. But was the name fake while there was a real lawyer behind the story, or were they set up an entirely different way? We don't even know the name Soze even came up in the real middle of the events
@@zammmerjammer True, but I was thinking way before the attack on the ship. Like after Keyser shot that dude in the car with such precision and disgust. Keaton should have paid attention to that more closely. Also, at the dock, when Keyser asked him what language they were speaking, Keaton didn't take notice that Verbal knew what language they were speaking.
So glad you reacted to this very good film. I have several films to recommend to submit to your patrons to vote on: 1) "The Killing Fields" (1984 War film)- based on the true experience of 2 journalists during the Khmer Rouge regime. Nominated for 3 Oscars, Haing S. Ngor won for Best Supporting Actor. In 1999 the British Film Institute voted The Killing Fields the 100th greatest British film of the 20th century. In 2016 British film magazine Empire ranked it number 86 in their list of the 100 best British films 2) "The French Connection" (1970 crime action thriller film)- Among its 8 Oscar nominations, it won for Best Film and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" 3) The Wild Bunch (1969 Western)- In 1999, the Library of Congress selected this film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". It was ranked 80th in the American Film Institute's 100 best American films. In 2008, the AFI listed 10 best films in 10 genres and ranked The Wild Bunch as the SIXTH-BEST Western. This film was considered revolutionary because it departed from the romanticized view of the cowboys(e.g., Gene Autry, etc.)
Definitely Wild Bunch. Before I saw "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", I read a book on the making of "Bunch" because 1) I like the film and 2) "Bunch" came out in 1969, the same year "Hollywood" takes place.
The whole theater lost it at the end. If anyone figured it out before, they kept it to themselves. Still a great movie, I love seeing first time watchers.
Imagine the self confidence/arrogance of Soze. He doesn't even bother to come up with his alibi as Verbal ahead of time. Just off the cuff, while talking with the cop.... that is crazy to me.
After seeing Benicio Del Toro in this role, you have to see him 3 years later in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, alongside Johnny Depp. He's almost unrecognizable.
One of the best twists of an ending ever. Love your channel guys!! Please react to “American Beauty”, it won Best Picture in 1999 and Kevin Spacey won Best Actor for his role. One of my all time favorites.
Guys you really need to watch ( Donnie Brasco 1997) Al Pacino & Johnny Depp,,, is one of the most underrated mobster movies ever! and one of my favorites! actually is a top 3 mob movies in my opinion
GReat reaction Sam and Daniel. Agent Kujan versus Verbal Kint. The Usual Suspects is the classic flim noir murder mystery chess match. Verbal’s improvised story in the police interrogation was so brilliant that you have to question the reality of everything you saw in the movie. The writers managed to create a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in an enigma. I love it so much.
Add to the list of fantastic twist crime flicks 1982’s “DeathTrap”. Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon, and Superman himself Christopher Reeve in a head bending stage play put to film. I have a feeling you’ll dig it.
Söze in hungarian comes from the expression "söze boğmak", meaning basically talk too much, like Verbal says he does. The cigarette hitting Baldwin in the eye was an accident, but they kept the shot, since it looked really authentic. Rewatch the scene when Spacy walks in the interrogation room...he looks at the board intently.
This is one of my favourite movies. That ending where you think you've got it figured out, and then they turn the whole thing on its head is just perfect!
GReat reaction Sam and Daniel. What an amazing film, I’ve seen it about 20 times and every time I see something I didn’t notice before. To really be appreciated, movies like this should be watched at least twice, and with friends. Theories, twists and realizations come bubbling to the surface the more you watch a mystery noir such as "THe Usual SUspects.
Fun fact: Throughout the entirety of filming, Gabriel Byrne (Keaton) thought his character was Keyser Soze. He did not discover that he wasn't until he attended the movie premiere.
This was a fantastic movie, and I am happy to see your reactions to this legendary classic. It's a real treat and one of the great mind trips in cinema history.
Holy cow…seen this movie a million times and decided to throw in the DVD last night. Afterwards, I searched to see if you guys had done a reaction and was shocked you hadn’t yet. What a fantastic surprise to wake up to today!! Love you guys!
Some suggestions of the people involved: director Bryan Singer: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003) Fenster - Benicio del Toro: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Snatch (2000) Kobayashi - Pete Postlethwaite: Romeo+Juliet (1996), Amistad (1997) Keaton - Gabriel Byrne: Smillas Sense of Snow (1997), End of Days (1999) McManus - Stephen Baldwin: Posse (1993) Hockney - Kevin Pollack: The whole ten yards (2003), End of Days (1999) And yes, End of Days is also a Schwarzenegger movie you still missed out on. So, what you're waiting for?
0:50 I appreciate that you didn't pretend to have never seen it, then just so happen to make astute observations right before they happen in the movie.
Another great review TBR and Sam and here just a little tidbit during the line of scene when you hear an officer is saying that telling the Finster in English, that was actually the Director of the movie 39:27
I love this movie, and glad you could enjoy it. One thing is when they showed Soze with long hair that was years before. but this movie with the twist ending is so great, the story was great, everythign was done so well!! thanks for letting us watch this with you.
Great movie. The one issue, is that Keyser's whole reason for doing all of this was to take out the guy that could ID him(knew what he looked like), yet still by the end, now soooo many more people can ID him.
All they have is a mythical name and some mug shots of a fake persona. The Hungarian knew more than just what he looked like. Now the only people alive who know what he looked like are cops who don't know anything more about him than what Soze said about himself, of which none was true.
FYI, that part of the lineup scene where they crack up and Fenster and McManus are hitting each other wasn't scripted. It happened because Benicio del Toro kept farting and the actors couldn't hold it together... They used the footage in the movie because it happened to work really well as part of the introduction of the characters.
Oh man! That's CRIMINAL that TBR knew the big reveal at the end of the movie, but hadn't seen the movie!! That makes me sad for him! Glad he still apparently really enjoyed it though. This is really a great film. Great reaction, as usual.
What’s better than watching this movie is watching someone else watch and seeing the realization cross their face at the end. Still gives me a chill in the best way.
OMG You guys are just hitting all the classics! I cant wait to watch this. Ever since Primal Fear, I am like, Usual Suspects has to be coming soon. Love you guys
This is a great movie to watch a second time and focus specifically on Verbal. There are a lot of line reads, expressions, and blocking choices that can be read two ways, depending on whether or not you know the end of the movie.
The lawyer, Kobayashi, not his real name of course, sat in the car which Verbal entered in the end. The man who could identify Söze was the one who was in the house when Söze shot his own family. He used him to spread rumours about how cruel he could be but now he wanted him dead. The detective was so obsessed by getting Keaton hanged up on this so he tried to make Verbal admit that Keaton was Keyzer Söze. Keaton loved Edie Finneran, Verbal/Söze had her killed. No loose ends.
This is a remote-dropper. Anytime this is on, I will drop the remote and watch it, no matter what part of the movie it is. It gets better every time you watch it. One of the best twists in cinematic history. All the actors do such a great job.
I was suspicious near the end when Spacey and the agent agreed that Keaton was the master criminal. Similar to Primal Fear, I thought that there had to be one more big revelation at the end, since the movie clearly wasn't over yet! I had a similar situation to you when I saw another Kevin Spacey film. I watched that last five minutes of The Life Of David Gale first, where there is a big reveal...and not having seen the rest of the movie, I didn't understand what the reveal meant. I then watched it from the beginning and tried putting it all together in my head before the ending came. Christopher McQuarrie wrote this screenplay, and has since gone on to direct Jack Reacher and several of the Mission Impossible movies. Clever dude. I'd love to recommend more movies with great surprises...but then, you'd be expecting the surprises if you watched them! Really enjoyed your reactions to Primal Fear and this one.
The story Verbal tells is more or less the truth. He only substituted names that could be traced back to him and things about his background. In the end, he leaves the cops with no leads but an obscure lawyer, a contact in California, and some bogus details regarding where and how he grew up. He also had been pretending to be crippled even when he was running around pulling jobs with Keaton and the rest of the crew. In the opening scene Keaton looks up as Verbal lights his cigarette with his left hand. Keaton laughs, realizing he’s been duped and calls him Keyser by name. Another fun clue right before the reveal is Verbal picking up his belongings before leaving the station. The only belongings were a gold watch, gold lighter, and cigarettes. I could go one forever about this film! It’s just amazing! As always, love you guys and always look forward to your reactions!
Al Pacino was supposed to be the cop/detective interviewing Spacey, but he passed on the movie and he says it was the biggest mistake of his career. Also, McManus (Baldwin) was originally offered to Michael Biehn (Terminator/Aliens) but he turned it down because he didn't "get it" and chose to do the movie Jade instead... an admitted mistake
Usually there is a general hubbub in the auditorium as you leave the cinema after a movie. I distinctly remember there was none of that with this as people came out trying to work out what they had just witnessed. No internet - as such - back then, no social media so no spoilers, we all came into it on the same page. And we all left stunned.
Doesn't even matter that you knew the twist as far as reactions go lol, always wanted to see someone rewatch this cause it's amazing even on a 15th rewatch lol
This will be hard to explain. the word Kaiser is German for king or Kent which also means king and the word Soze is Turkish for talk which can also mean verbal so the English pronunciation of Kaiser Soze is Kent Verbal so turn the letters around and now you got Verbal Kent hopefully it wasn’t too much to explain I guess I’m a big movie nerd. David from texas
The great thing about this ending is that it doesn't even matter whether you guess it or not. In fact, most people who watch at some point during the movie guess the correct ending. It doesn't matter though, it's more the way it's revealed (the wall, coffee cup, losing his limp, the soundtrack, agent Kujan realizing he got played) that makes it so great. Best twist ending of all time imo. Without the ending this would just be a solid Tarantino style 90's heist/caper film that few would remember. Because of the ending it is an iconic movie and a favorite of millenial youtube reactors.
There's three really important clues in the very first scene: Keaton clearly reacts with recognition at Keyser Soze, we see that Soze has a gold watch and lighter, which are returned to Verbal after he makes bail, and the fact that there is clearly no one peering through the ropes, because of course Verbal was never actually hiding there. This is one of my all-time favorites, and even after you know the twist, it really rewards repeat viewings. When agent Kujan first starts to show his suspicion of Keaton near the start of the interrogation, we see a close-up profile of Verbal as he cracks a tiny smile, as he'd figured out how to play the detective in order to get away.
Another one of my fav movies of all time... you know what... we could be friends lol. Hope you're all well. Thanks for the reaction. Enjoyed it very much as always.
“And like that, poof he’s gone.”
One of the greatest endings ever. The entire cast is amazing.
It's fascinating both movies The Usual Suspects and Seven came out in 1995 and the villain both played by Kevin Spacey wins in the end
And that he gave a twist ending on both!❤
@@tomarnold7284 Then the real twist was that he was just playing himself the whole time
Kevin Spacey played a villain so well and now we know why. A true method actor.
@@adamoxen Did he get off?
@@John_Locke_108 yep. The english charges were dropped. And 4 of 6 american accusers died. Last 2 dropped their suits.
I worked with Gabriel Byrne on a western in Montana last year, I drove him into town and we talked about random stuff. When I brought him back to his place the other production assistant picked me up, when I left I knocked on his door and said, "Ok Mr Byrne I'm taking off", he said, "Ok Red ill see u on set". I said, "I almost called u Keyser Soze earlier", he started laughing and from then on he wanted me to drive him to set everyday. It was great
I saw him last year in Galway, Ireland. I was dying to scream "There is... no... fucking... COKE!"
@@pablom-f8762 haha that's hilarious
If I saw Bryne, I'd ask him, "What's the rumpus?"
Wow, cool! I love that guy (as an actor). He always delivers. Maybe even more than this one, I can never forget "Miller's Crossing."
Great story
Benicio Del Toro said, once he realised that his character dies early, he decided to do it in a sily voice. Definitely accentuated the character.
Fenster is comedy gold. 😂
"Now, HE'S holding a gun sideways." That's the best comment I've heard in quite a while, and it didn't come from any script; she said it. This lady is a smart cookie.
Yet another reason why the 90's were the golden age of film.
True. The 80s weren’t too bad either.
“What do you know about this movie?”
“I know nothing about this movie”
(Dramatic pause)
“Perfect”
Still to this day, nearly 30 years later, one of the best movie endings in Hollywood history.
13:18 .....Pete Postlethwaite, R.I.P. ......If you folks have the chance, give "In the name of the father" (1993) a go, his finest role....
I think it’s great that even Gabriel Byrne thought he was Kaiser Soze until the premiere.
Also the cigarette flick by Redfoot at the face, in the script and direction it was supposed to be at his chest and he missed, hitting his face. The surprised reaction was real.
yeah, and he chewed out the director after the premiere he was so mad. hahaha
This is probably my fav twist ending of all time. Great cast and def Bryan Singers best film!!
My friend, Christopher McQuarrie and I drove from New Jersey to Los Angeles in 1991. We would always hang out together and I remember him telling me the most amazing story ideas while we drove the streets of Los Angeles. He would talk and talk and he'd always keep me engaged. His storytelling techniques were truly amazing. I'll never forget those late-night drives just talking and laughing and going to cheap eateries with friends. Good times indeed. The first project we worked on was a film called Public Access. It was written by Chris, I was part of the camera department and it was directed by Bryan Singer. A real jumping-off point for their next project. I saw an early screening of 'Suspects' and afterward, I gave Chris a congratulatory kiss and told him that his life will never be the same. As an editor, I briefly worked in the Hollywood system, but later decided that it wasn't for me. Chris is now the right-hand man for Tom Cruise, writing and directing the most successful films of his career. We still keep in touch. Very proud of my friend. True story.
He does great Mission Impossible films. I really enjoyed Jack Reacher as well.
The Way of the Gun is a classic. I'd love to see reactors react to that one. He's one of my favorite filmmakers. Edge of Tomorrow and Jack the Giant Slayer were also great.
small world
Wow cool, Rogue Nation and Fallout were both absolutely amazing. Is Bryan Singer as much of a gay predator as he is reported to be?
@@michaeljames6817 Way Of The Gun is an underrated gem with a stack cast. It didn't do well in theaters, but I liked it.
The line-up scene when they read the statement is one of the greatest improvised scenes in film. The actors we all trying to make each other laugh. It made the director furious. Such an iconic scene.
Also, 1995 is a phenomenal year for crime films: The Usual Suspects, Se7en, Heat, Casino, La Haine, etc.
Yes, especially when Benicio del Torro kept passing gas making it even more harder to concentrate....
plus Benicio del Toro was breaking wind during the entire scene. causing the cast to crack up.
Really appreciate how honest you both are in regards to whether you've seen a movie before and/or how aware you are of certain plot developments. I also enjoy how in-depth your discussions are afterwards. So many reaction channels watch a movie, give some generic remarks for a minute or two, and then end the video there. I get a big kick out of how you both really dig into what you did and didn't like about each movie and how you were feeling in certain moments. Good stuff!
Also, fun fact: This was written by Christopher McQuarrie, the director of the last few Mission Impossible movies.
“Do we know who that is yet? Keizer?”
*TBR stares at the camera* Hahahaha
You two are by far my FAVORITE movie reactors on UA-cam! Honest reactions and comments. Insightful discussion afterwards. Thank you for sharing. By the way, look at the end again when he's in the car holding his cigarette. It's a definite tell.
I like them and Mr Video who's absolutely hilarious.
It's not even close. Rewatching The Sopranos with them is the highlight of my year.
Samantha not knowing anything about the movie was so smart on how she was following everything. I was much rooting for her and even thought at one point she was going to figure it or at least take a guess of Verbal out before the reveal. I recommended this movie a couple times. Glad you finally got to it.
Heh, yeah. It's always fun to watch her brain slice away at the mysteries.
There is hints all throughout the movie Soze is verbal -
- The wristwatch and cigarette lighter Soze is seen with in the beginning is given back to Verbal when he's leaving the station.
- Verbal mentions how his urine comes out thicker than normal due to a condition, Soze's urine is shown as overly thick.
- Verbal is shown multiple times smoking his cigarette's in the unique way Soze does between his finger tip and his thumb which is unusual to everyone else in the movie but common in Turkey (Soze's home country).
- It cuts straight to Verbal when characters ask things like who is Keyser Soze? or just mention his name, countless times.
- Soze means "talk too much" in Turkish and he is called Verbal, in fact Soze translates to "King Talks too much" it's like the word Verbose in English.
- Verbal messes up on a couple of occasions in the office and takes things with his "disabled" hand or moves a part he's not supposed to be able too and very quickly corrects himself.
- You can see when he's sitting alone in the office at the beginning he is clearly reading off the board and making up the story right there and then before Kujan gets there.
- As soon as Kujan asks about "the lawyer" he's standing over Verbal and drinking just before you go into his story you can see Verbal staring at the bottom of Kujans Coffee mug and reading the name Kobayashi off the bottom.
- There's a close up of Verbal starting to smirk when Kujan is lecturing and walking behind him because he sees he's falling right into his trap of thinking it is Keaton and then as soon as Kujan comes around he hides it and goes right back into character.
- When Keaton asks what language the guys on the boat are speaking, nobody knows but then Verbal responds "It's Hungarian".
- The movie straight up tells you through dialogue Verbal is Soze. When Kujan throws Verbal to the ground, yelling "who killed Keaton?" Verbal accidently slips up and says "I killed Keaton" this was of course after seeing and establishing Soze did it, the filmmaker's were relying on the fact the audience like Kujan wouldn't notice with all Kujans yelling but it's very clearly said.
Another cool little detail is at the end whenever Kujan is sitting down with the coffee mug, his colleague and him share what seems to be meaningless banter If you listen closely it's a metaphor for what's about to happen with the board, he's saying things like "it all makes sense you look at it right, you just got to stand back from it y'know?" which doesn't even make sense in response to Kujans comment which was calling him a slob for his messy desk.
I always though the biggest clue was him killing Saul Berg.
He also answeres the agent that Keyzer Soze knows where he is right now. (Nobody but the agent and himself knows)
There's a scene where Palminteri is berating Spacey, but while he has his back turned, Spacey breaks into a totally inappropriate smile that disappears the instant Palminteri turns around. It's very fast, and I remember it throwing me off the first time I saw this movie- until it made 100% sense at the end.
@@mjj3132 You're right and I mentioned it.
@@tomraffell1923 Like he's done it a 1000X💀
Looking back at 1995, this film and Seven came out in the same month as this film. The Usual Suspects came out first. I don’t know how many people experienced this but it must have been something seeing Kevin Spacey in this film, getting blown away by the twist and then seeing Seven right after that. He’s in both films and Seven has a reveal/entrance that involves Spacey that’s pretty memorable and awesome. Even more so if one had just seen The Usual Suspects. One could kind of do that now but it must’ve been crazy/thrilling to see this film and then Seven in the theater back in the day.
I saw it when it came out. I’d seen a preview and was sold. It was such a great experience. Everyone was terrific, even Stephen Baldwin.
I remember seeing Seven at the dollar theater south of Houston, fun times back then
I saw Seven on opening day. What a devastating experience. I enjoyed Suspects as well, but I couldn't help but think that there was one more surprise coming before the end. Ta da..
C'mon everyone, it's "Se7en" not "Seven"! lol
@@lajeteefan haha awesome thanks!
The only movie I've ever watched, finished, rewound (this was in the days of VHS), and watched it again,
The greatest reveal of all time. Right up there with "The Sixth Sense," "Memento" and "Psycho."
All from last century, when film making was still an art form.
Filmmaking IS still an art form.
@@HobGungan Exactly.
HobGungan Sure, but most of the mainstream artists aren’t concerned with making good art.
@@daerdevvyl4314 That's okay
@@Jay_Sullivan Independence Day (1996)
@TBR Schmitt I love and adore this movie. No one I know when we saw it knew it was him. Loved seeing your two reactions to the big swerve
Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Pollack were also in my biggest guilty pleasure movie, “End of Days”. The priest in the movie even said, “Satan’s greatest trick was convincing man he he didn’t exist.”
I do think the Hungarian connection is true. One of the times I rewatched and was looking for the clues, I noticed when they were preparing to attack at the ship one of the other guys wondered out loud what language was being spoken. Kevin Spacey replied Hungarian. That’s not a common language, and it’s not a language most of us would recognize…unless we knew it 😉
I think had Keaton lived, he would have figured it out that Verbal was Kaiser Soze.
@@coxmosia1 hard to even guess. Because of the way we see the story, we don't know which events actually happened, aside from parts of the ship attack and the lineup at the beginning. So, for example, we know there wasn't a lawyer named Kobayashi who set them up. But was the name fake while there was a real lawyer behind the story, or were they set up an entirely different way? We don't even know the name Soze even came up in the real middle of the events
@@coxmosia1 I mean... he did figure it out. Right before he was killed.
@@zammmerjammer True, but I was thinking way before the attack on the ship. Like after Keyser shot that dude in the car with such precision and disgust. Keaton should have paid attention to that more closely. Also, at the dock, when Keyser asked him what language they were speaking, Keaton didn't take notice that Verbal knew what language they were speaking.
Weren't they told that it was a ship carrying cargo from hungary or do i remember that wrong?
I love the little glances at the camera when Sam says something....hehe
I waited so long for the two of you to react to this, and it was so worth it! Thank you!
So glad you reacted to this very good film. I have several films to recommend to submit to your patrons to vote on:
1) "The Killing Fields" (1984 War film)- based on the true experience of 2 journalists during the Khmer Rouge regime. Nominated for 3 Oscars, Haing S. Ngor won for Best Supporting Actor. In 1999 the British Film Institute voted The Killing Fields the 100th greatest British film of the 20th century. In 2016 British film magazine Empire ranked it number 86 in their list of the 100 best British films
2) "The French Connection" (1970 crime action thriller film)- Among its 8 Oscar nominations, it won for Best Film and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
3) The Wild Bunch (1969 Western)- In 1999, the Library of Congress selected this film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". It was ranked 80th in the American Film Institute's 100 best American films. In 2008, the AFI listed 10 best films in 10 genres and ranked The Wild Bunch as the SIXTH-BEST Western. This film was considered revolutionary because it departed from the romanticized view of the cowboys(e.g., Gene Autry, etc.)
"The Killing Fields" is a great and very touching movie that is overlooked so much.
Definitely Wild Bunch. Before I saw "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", I read a book on the making of "Bunch" because 1) I like the film and 2) "Bunch" came out in 1969, the same year "Hollywood" takes place.
The whole theater lost it at the end. If anyone figured it out before, they kept it to themselves. Still a great movie, I love seeing first time watchers.
I am so glad you guys are watching this. You guys rock.
Todd Hockney is Kevin Pollack - usually considered a comedian and does a killer William Shatner impression.
Imagine the self confidence/arrogance of Soze. He doesn't even bother to come up with his alibi as Verbal ahead of time. Just off the cuff, while talking with the cop.... that is crazy to me.
That was the point of the limp, Sam, it was an easy disguise to discard. Lol Fantastic reaction, guys.
Always a joy to see someone experience this for the first time. Keep up the great work!
Probably the best movie twist ever. This is in my top 5 all time best movies.
After seeing Benicio Del Toro in this role, you have to see him 3 years later in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, alongside Johnny Depp. He's almost unrecognizable.
Great film. One of the best twists/reveals in cinema history.
One of the best twists of an ending ever. Love your channel guys!! Please react to “American Beauty”, it won Best Picture in 1999 and Kevin Spacey won Best Actor for his role. One of my all time favorites.
american beauty is easily in my top 10 list
American Beauty blew me away back in the day! Don't kno if it stands up now, never watched it again. It was an amazing story the 1st time seeing it!
Fantastic movie, ending twist still gets to me
This and Saw part one are like BOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys you really need to watch ( Donnie Brasco 1997) Al Pacino & Johnny Depp,,, is one of the most underrated mobster movies ever! and one of my favorites! actually is a top 3 mob movies in my opinion
Forget about it...
Isn't it amazing how holding back just one piece of information can change a film completely? A fantastic lesson in storytelling, this.
GReat reaction Sam and Daniel. Agent Kujan versus Verbal Kint. The Usual Suspects is the classic flim noir murder mystery chess match. Verbal’s improvised story in the police interrogation was so brilliant that you have to question the reality of everything you saw in the movie. The writers managed to create a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in an enigma. I love it so much.
Add to the list of fantastic twist crime flicks 1982’s “DeathTrap”. Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon, and Superman himself Christopher Reeve in a head bending stage play put to film. I have a feeling you’ll dig it.
Fun trivia - Kaiser Soze & Kevin Spacey both are KS.
Soze in Turkish means talks too much aka Verbal
@@Dave_Langer really?! Cool, I didn’t know that. Thanks
I remember seeing this on release, and there was an audible gasp from the audience in the theatre when the final twist was revealed.
Definitely in my top 5 fav film all time. A twist on a twist, layers of narrative, and the bad guy wins.
TBR looking directly at the camera on occasion was hilarious
Söze in hungarian comes from the expression "söze boğmak", meaning basically talk too much, like Verbal says he does.
The cigarette hitting Baldwin in the eye was an accident, but they kept the shot, since it looked really authentic.
Rewatch the scene when Spacy walks in the interrogation room...he looks at the board intently.
In turkish means talk too much. In hungarian soze means nothing.
@@russzolti6825 Yeah you're right, I saw the turkish expression and still went with hungarian...my bad!
"He'll Flip ya. Flip ya for real!"
- Fenster explaining the plot of the movie.
So great enjoying this movie again via the lens of your wife 👍🏼
This is one of my favourite movies. That ending where you think you've got it figured out, and then they turn the whole thing on its head is just perfect!
GReat reaction Sam and Daniel. What an amazing film, I’ve seen it about 20 times and every time I see something I didn’t notice before. To really be appreciated, movies like this should be watched at least twice, and with friends. Theories, twists and realizations come bubbling to the surface the more you watch a mystery noir such as "THe Usual SUspects.
Fun fact: Throughout the entirety of filming, Gabriel Byrne (Keaton) thought his character was Keyser Soze. He did not discover that he wasn't until he attended the movie premiere.
Great movie! Sometimes i wish I could movies like this over, without any knowledge, because the ending is amazing.
This was a fantastic movie, and I am happy to see your reactions to this legendary classic. It's a real treat and one of the great mind trips in cinema history.
Holy cow…seen this movie a million times and decided to throw in the DVD last night. Afterwards, I searched to see if you guys had done a reaction and was shocked you hadn’t yet. What a fantastic surprise to wake up to today!! Love you guys!
Some suggestions of the people involved:
director Bryan Singer: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003)
Fenster - Benicio del Toro: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Snatch (2000)
Kobayashi - Pete Postlethwaite: Romeo+Juliet (1996), Amistad (1997)
Keaton - Gabriel Byrne: Smillas Sense of Snow (1997), End of Days (1999)
McManus - Stephen Baldwin: Posse (1993)
Hockney - Kevin Pollack: The whole ten yards (2003), End of Days (1999)
And yes, End of Days is also a Schwarzenegger movie you still missed out on. So, what you're waiting for?
0:50 I appreciate that you didn't pretend to have never seen it, then just so happen to make astute observations right before they happen in the movie.
Another great review TBR and Sam and here just a little tidbit during the line of scene when you hear an officer is saying that telling the Finster in English, that was actually the Director of the movie 39:27
20:08 the look daniel gave to camera when sam says ...but keysers not there. LMAO
Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care
Loved it! Great job TBR on not leaking anything!
I love this movie, and glad you could enjoy it. One thing is when they showed Soze with long hair that was years before. but this movie with the twist ending is so great, the story was great, everythign was done so well!! thanks for letting us watch this with you.
Great movie. The one issue, is that Keyser's whole reason for doing all of this was to take out the guy that could ID him(knew what he looked like), yet still by the end, now soooo many more people can ID him.
All they have is a mythical name and some mug shots of a fake persona. The Hungarian knew more than just what he looked like. Now the only people alive who know what he looked like are cops who don't know anything more about him than what Soze said about himself, of which none was true.
Yeah, he failed in his goal and is now going to go into hiding. "You're never gonna hear from him again."
It wasn’t what he looked like. It was internal knowledge of his criminal enterprise.
Now you need to go back and watch it again, knowing the twist, to look for the clues in plain sight.
At one point, Verbal straight up says “I did kill Keaton,” but Kujan is yelling at him so loudly you miss it
When the agent tells him that Keyzer Soze is going to look for him he also says "he knows, where i am right now".
FYI, that part of the lineup scene where they crack up and Fenster and McManus are hitting each other wasn't scripted. It happened because Benicio del Toro kept farting and the actors couldn't hold it together... They used the footage in the movie because it happened to work really well as part of the introduction of the characters.
Oh man! That's CRIMINAL that TBR knew the big reveal at the end of the movie, but hadn't seen the movie!! That makes me sad for him! Glad he still apparently really enjoyed it though. This is really a great film. Great reaction, as usual.
Kevin Spacey is part of two of the greatest movie ending twists in history. Usual Suspects and Se7en
7:49: This whole film was dope. So many clues along the way upon rewatching it.
The scene with Soze killing his own family and every scene with Stephen Baldwin was absolute dynamite. An all time favorite all the way.
This won two Oscars... well deserved. Best Original Screenplay to Christopher McQuarrie and Best Supporting Actor to Kevin Spacey.
The writer of The Usual Suspects (Chris McQuarrie) wrote and directed an awesome 90's crime movie: The Way of the Gun. No one reacts to that one.
What’s better than watching this movie is watching someone else watch and seeing the realization cross their face at the end. Still gives me a chill in the best way.
OMG You guys are just hitting all the classics! I cant wait to watch this. Ever since Primal Fear, I am like, Usual Suspects has to be coming soon. Love you guys
Awesome that you reacted to this movie. Great ending. Cheers!
This is a great movie to watch a second time and focus specifically on Verbal. There are a lot of line reads, expressions, and blocking choices that can be read two ways, depending on whether or not you know the end of the movie.
The lawyer, Kobayashi, not his real name of course, sat in the car which Verbal entered in the end. The man who could identify Söze was the one who was in the house when Söze shot his own family. He used him to spread rumours about how cruel he could be but now he wanted him dead. The detective was so obsessed by getting Keaton hanged up on this so he tried to make Verbal admit that Keaton was Keyzer Söze. Keaton loved Edie Finneran, Verbal/Söze had her killed. No loose ends.
This is a remote-dropper. Anytime this is on, I will drop the remote and watch it, no matter what part of the movie it is. It gets better every time you watch it. One of the best twists in cinematic history. All the actors do such a great job.
For real, that last whisper “he’s gone” brings tears to my eyes, it’s so perfect.
I was suspicious near the end when Spacey and the agent agreed that Keaton was the master criminal. Similar to Primal Fear, I thought that there had to be one more big revelation at the end, since the movie clearly wasn't over yet!
I had a similar situation to you when I saw another Kevin Spacey film. I watched that last five minutes of The Life Of David Gale first, where there is a big reveal...and not having seen the rest of the movie, I didn't understand what the reveal meant. I then watched it from the beginning and tried putting it all together in my head before the ending came.
Christopher McQuarrie wrote this screenplay, and has since gone on to direct Jack Reacher and several of the Mission Impossible movies. Clever dude.
I'd love to recommend more movies with great surprises...but then, you'd be expecting the surprises if you watched them! Really enjoyed your reactions to Primal Fear and this one.
One of my all times favourites with one of the best endings in movie history
Oh thanks guys a personal favourite. .
The story Verbal tells is more or less the truth. He only substituted names that could be traced back to him and things about his background. In the end, he leaves the cops with no leads but an obscure lawyer, a contact in California, and some bogus details regarding where and how he grew up.
He also had been pretending to be crippled even when he was running around pulling jobs with Keaton and the rest of the crew. In the opening scene Keaton looks up as Verbal lights his cigarette with his left hand. Keaton laughs, realizing he’s been duped and calls him Keyser by name.
Another fun clue right before the reveal is Verbal picking up his belongings before leaving the station. The only belongings were a gold watch, gold lighter, and cigarettes.
I could go one forever about this film! It’s just amazing! As always, love you guys and always look forward to your reactions!
Round up ( the usual suspects) is a line from Casablanca. .
Amazing reaction, enjoyed this so much! I was like oh her head's gonna explode at the end when she sees the twist :)
YES!
One of the all time great movies for reactors…the ‘wait, wait….what the…holyshitohmygod WHAT!?”
Al Pacino was supposed to be the cop/detective interviewing Spacey, but he passed on the movie and he says it was the biggest mistake of his career.
Also, McManus (Baldwin) was originally offered to Michael Biehn (Terminator/Aliens) but he turned it down because he didn't "get it" and chose to do the movie Jade instead... an admitted mistake
‼️ BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR YOU GUYS TO WATCH THIS 😁
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist.
One of my favorite films. I was blown away when it came out. Such a nice story and that twist!
Usually there is a general hubbub in the auditorium as you leave the cinema after a movie. I distinctly remember there was none of that with this as people came out trying to work out what they had just witnessed. No internet - as such - back then, no social media so no spoilers, we all came into it on the same page. And we all left stunned.
Doesn't even matter that you knew the twist as far as reactions go lol, always wanted to see someone rewatch this cause it's amazing even on a 15th rewatch lol
This will be hard to explain. the word Kaiser is German for king or Kent which also means king and the word Soze is Turkish for talk which can also mean verbal so the English pronunciation of Kaiser Soze is Kent Verbal so turn the letters around and now you got Verbal Kent hopefully it wasn’t too much to explain I guess I’m a big movie nerd. David from texas
The great thing about this ending is that it doesn't even matter whether you guess it or not. In fact, most people who watch at some point during the movie guess the correct ending. It doesn't matter though, it's more the way it's revealed (the wall, coffee cup, losing his limp, the soundtrack, agent Kujan realizing he got played) that makes it so great. Best twist ending of all time imo. Without the ending this would just be a solid Tarantino style 90's heist/caper film that few would remember. Because of the ending it is an iconic movie and a favorite of millenial youtube reactors.
Oh man!! What a fascinating headspace this one is! Somehow always makes me think of sweaty sweltering summer! And beer! And ☕️ coffee, of course!
Probably the best reactors on youtube,love watching your reactions and movie choices:)
There's three really important clues in the very first scene: Keaton clearly reacts with recognition at Keyser Soze, we see that Soze has a gold watch and lighter, which are returned to Verbal after he makes bail, and the fact that there is clearly no one peering through the ropes, because of course Verbal was never actually hiding there. This is one of my all-time favorites, and even after you know the twist, it really rewards repeat viewings. When agent Kujan first starts to show his suspicion of Keaton near the start of the interrogation, we see a close-up profile of Verbal as he cracks a tiny smile, as he'd figured out how to play the detective in order to get away.
Love how you mention "an unreliable narrator" BEFORE the reveal - Verbal is the ultimate "unreliable narrator" :D
LOVED her reaction. The BEST "Miss Direction" movie ever made! Once again, you guys are fantastic and VERY entertaining!!!
Another one of my fav movies of all time... you know what... we could be friends lol. Hope you're all well. Thanks for the reaction. Enjoyed it very much as always.