Keyser Söze in The Usual Suspects stands as an enigmathat simultaneously disturbs and fascinates us as observers. Film Club were
invited into Söze’s criminal underworld for the final instalment of the theme
“Twist”.

The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer, is a film that
progressively exposes its tangle of lies, layer upon layer, as time passes.
Since it does not instantly throw the audience into the deep end, one may argue
it leads to a credible story. The audience is perhaps more trusting of Kevin
Spacey’s character’s raccount of events due to the assumed normality. However,
it does make for an often frustrating viewing experience as we are denied any
true intrigue until the very end. The
Usual Suspects could not be accused of inertia as it is full of crime,
violence and a crew constantly on the move – and yet a few yawns may have been
spotted amongst our members!

Therefore, it is not the
expanding structure of the story that leads to mistrust but the point of perspective
that portrays this. The Usual Suspects makes clever use of a singular viewpoint
to lead us to question what can really be identified as the truth – there is a
blur between falsehood and honesty.