U is also for The Usual Suspects
Undisenfranchisement Corner
In the Undisenfranchisement Corner of the A to Z of Movie Sequels, Prequels, Franchises and Cinematic Universes, I examine a perma-single flick and see how we might go about bolstering it into something bigger, better and more profitable for its studio.
This time, around, we undisenfranchise The Usual Suspects, using the Unbreakable trilogy as a template.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
After a massacre on a ship docked at a Los Angeles port, a con man named Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) is interrogated by US Customs Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) about his involvement with a group of criminals (Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro and Kevin Pollak) and their pursuit of a mythical crime lord, Keyser Soze. Through flashbacks, Kint weaves an intricate tale of betrayal, revenge, and unintelligible speech patterns, culminating in a shocking, mug-dropping twist ending, in which it is revealed that Spacey, himself, is the true monster.
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