The
Usual Suspects
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Verbal: The
D.A. gave me
immunity.Dave Kujan: Not from me. You get no immunity from me, you piece of shit. Every criminal I have put in prison, every cop that owes me a favor, every creep and scumbag that walks the streets for a living will know the name of Verbal Kint. Now you talk to me, or that precious immunity they seem so fit to grant you won't be worth the paper the contract put out on your life is printed on.
Verbal: There was a lawyer. Kobayashi.
[McManus throws bag of heroin at Redfoot. Redfoot catches it]
McManus: What am I supposed to do with that?
Redfoot the Fence: I don't know, feed it to the gimp. Ease his pain, I don't know what that is.
[Redfoot throws bag at Verbal]
Keaton: What do you mean you don't know?
[McManus tries to speak, Keaton lays a hand on McManus]
Keaton: Shut up.
Redfoot the Fence: I don't know. I got thrown this job by some lawyer.
Keaton: Yeah? Who?
Redfoot the Fence: I don't know. Some limey. He's a middleman for somebody, okay? He doesn't say, I don't ask.
McManus: You're fuckin' full of shit.
Redfoot the Fence: Fuck you.
McManus: Fuck you.
Keaton: Listen to me. We want to meet him, okay?
Redfoot the Fence: That's funny. He called me last night, he says he wants to meet you guys.
Keaton: Okay, we'll meet him.
Redfoot the Fence: I'll call you.
Keaton: Good. Do that. No problem. Let's go.
[Keaton turns around, ready to leave but McManus grabs him]
McManus: I don't like it, Dean. I don't like it. Wait a minute. One more thing, tough guy. Any more surprises, and I'm gonna kill you.
Redfoot the Fence: You're such a tough guy, McManus. But do me a favor, all right Get the fuck off my dick.
[Redfoot flicks his cigarette butt at McManus and it lands on McManus's eye]
McManus: [in pain] Fuck!
[McManus lunges at him in rage but he's restrained by Keaton]
Redfoot the Fence: Put a leash on that puppy. You know, it's an awful shame about Saul gettin' whacked. Cops are gonna be looking for the guys who did it. Sooner or later they're gonna come around asking me. You have a sweet night, ladies.
[answering Keaton]
Kobayashi: Mr. Redfoot knew nothing. Mr. Soze rarely works with the same people for very long, and they never know who they're working for. One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.
Fenster: So why are you telling us?
Kobayashi: Because you have stolen from Mr.Soze, Mr Fenster. All of you. That you did not know you stole from him is the only reason you are still alive. He feels you owe him. You will repay your debt.
Hockney: All right, fuck the debt. And fuck you! How do we know you work for Soze?
Kobayashi: I don't think that is very relevant, Mr Hockney. All five of you are responsible for the murder of Saul Berg and his bodyguards. Mr. Redfoot can testify to your involvement, and we can see to it that he will.
Fenster: The way I hear it, Soze is some kind of butcher. A peerless, psycho, fucked-up butcher.
Keaton: There is no Keyser Soze!
[to Kujan]
Verbal: Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody ever believed he was real. Nobody ever knew him or saw anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
[telling Kujan the story of Keyser Sozer]
Verbal: He lets the last Hungarian go. He waits until his wife and kids are in the ground and then he goes after the rest of the mob. He kills their kids, he kills their wives, he kills their parents and their parents' friends. He burns down the houses they live in and the stores they work in, he kills people that owe them money. And like that he was gone. Underground. Nobody has ever seen him since. He becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night. "Rat on your pop, and Keyser Soze will get you." And no one ever really believes.
Dave Kujan: Do you believe in him, Verbal?
Verbal: Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I believe
in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.
Verbal: I came clean. I told it like it happened on the boat. So what if I left out how I got there? It's so full of holes, the D.A. would've told me to blow amnesty out my ass. So you got what you wanted out of me. So big fucking deal.
Dave Kujan: So that's why you never told the D.A.
Verbal: Well you tell me, Agent Kujan. If I told you the Loch Ness monster hired me to hit the harbor, what would you say?
Verbal: I've got immunity now. What can you possibly offer me?
Dave Kujan: If there is a Keyser Soze he's gonna come looking for you.
Verbal: Where's your head, Agent Kujan? Where do you think the pressure's coming from?
Keyser Soze, or whatever you want to call him, he knows where I am right now. He's got the front burner under your ass to let me go so he can scoop me up ten minutes later. Immunity was just a deal with you assholes. I got a whole new problem when I post bail.
Dave Kujan: So why play into his hands? We can protect you.
Verbal: Oh, gee, thanks, Dave. Bang-up job so far. Extortion, coercion. You'll pardon me if
I ask you to kiss my pucker. The same fuckers that rounded us up and sank us into this mess are now bailing me out? Fuck you. You think you can catch Keyser Soze? You think a guy like that comes this close to getting caught and sticks his head out? If he comes up for
anything, it will be to get rid of me. After that...my guess is you'll never hear from him again.
[after finding Fenster's body]
McManus: It's payback.
Keaton: It's not payback! It's precaution. You want payback? You wanna run? I don't care! I'm not doing this for Fenster, I'm not doing it for you...I'm doing this for me. I'm gonna finish this thing. This Kobayashi bastard is not gonna stand on me!
[after Keaton, McManus, Hockney and Verbal attempt to kill Kobayashi]
Kobayashi: Now get some rest. The boat will be ready for you on Friday. If I see you or any of your friends before then, Miss. Finneran will find herself the victim of a most gruesome violation before she dies. As indeed will your father, Mr. Hockney, and your Uncle Randall in Arizona, Mr. Kint. I might only castrate Mr. McManus's nephew, David. Do I make myself clear?
[to Hockney, McManus and Keaton]
Verbal: I just can't believe we're going to walk into certain death.
[talking into the walkie-talkie]
Hockney: You kids ready?
McManus: I would be if I didn't have to stop and answer to you.
[on the boat roof]
McManus: [to himself] Old McDonald had a farm, ee-aye, ee-aye, oh. And on this farm he shot some guys. Ba-da-bip, ba-da-bing, bang-boom.
[McManus walks across the deck towards Keaton]
Keaton: McManus. What the fuck is going on?
McManus: The strangest thing.
[he slumps down, Keaton rushes towards him]
Dave Kujan: Try to tell me you saw someone kill Keaton.
Dave Kujan: You're lying to me. You've known, you've known this whole fucking time!
Verbal: I don't know what you're saying.
Dave Kujan: You know...
Verbal: I did see Keaton get shot, I swear to you.
Dave Kujan: Then why didn't you help him? You had a gun. Why didn't you help him? He was your friend.
Verbal: Because I was afraid, okay? Afraid.
Dave Kujan: Afraid of what? Afraid of...
Verbal: I knew it was Keyser Soze.
Dave Kujan: But Keaton...
Verbal: It was Keyser Soze, Agent Kujan. I mean the Devil himself. How do you shoot the Devil in the back? What if you miss?
Dave Kujan: Keaton was Keyser Soze.
Verbal: No.
Dave Kujan: The kind of man who could wrangle the wills of men like Hockney and McManus. The kind of man who could engineer a police lineup...through all his years of contacts in N.Y.P.D. The kind of man who could have killed Edie Finnernan. She was found yesterday at a hotel in Pennsylvania, shot twice in the head. What do you think about Keaton now Verbal?
Verbal: I knew him. He would never...
Dave Kujan: He programmed you. He programmed you to tell us just what he wanted you to. He knew we were close. You said it yourself. Where was the political pressure coming from? Why were you being protected? It was Keaton. Immunity was your reward.
Verbal: But why me? Why not Fenster, McManus or Hockney? Why me? I'm stupid. I'm a cripple. Why me?
Dave Kujan: Because you're a cripple, Verbal. Because you're stupid. Because you're weaker than them.
[referring to Keaton]
Verbal: You think he's...
Dave Kujan: Keyser Soze. I don't know, Verbal. Keyser Soze's a shield, or like you said, a spook story.
Dave Kujan: If someone wants to get you, they're gonna get you out there. Turn state's evidence. You might never see trial.
Verbal: Maybe so. But I'm not a rat, Agent Kujan.
[he gets up and walks out of the office door then stops and turns to Kujan]
Verbal: Fuckin' cops.
[in Kujan's flashback]
Jeff Rabin: This guy is protected from up on high by the Prince of Darkness.
[last lines; Kujan's
looking for
Verbal on the street outside the Police station, he has flashbacks
of Verbal telling him about Keyser Soze]
Verbal: After that my guess is that you'll never hear from him again. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that...he's gone.
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