Once they attempt to do so, Kobayashi informs them of a blackmail plot led by Soze forcing them to seize the cocaine from the ship in San Pedro. Soze is always one step ahead! Despite Keaton's lawyerly girlfriend, Edie Finneran, being responsible for getting the titular Usual Suspects out of jail at the beginning of the movie, Soze shows no loyalty in return.
Since Finneran also represents Arturo Marquez, the one shipmate who can physically identify Soze, Keyser knows he has to eliminate both.
While it's only mentioned in passing, Soze murders Finneran to avoid being implicated. Keaton never learns who murdered his significant other but has his own suspicions in the end. Unfortunately, by then, it's too late.
Although Todd Hockney Kevin Pollak was responsible for the truck-heist that landed the usual suspects in jail, Soze didn't have to kill the man, did he? Yeah, okay, he probably did! Once the non-drug deal on the cargo ship goes awry, all hell breaks loose on the docks. In retrospect, we know it was Soze getting rid of all the loose ends that could incriminate him. The Soze slaughters continue with the death of Michael McManus Stephen Baldwin , who is impaled with a hunting knife in the back of the neck.
Yeah Verbal, what cerebral palsy? While we don't know it at the time, in hindsight it becomes clear that Soze whacked McManus for his own personal gain. The death comes right after an argument between McManus and Keaton over the absence of cocaine onboard. McManus' sudden death shakes Keaton to the core, informing him that something far more sinister than Argentine dope-runners awaits him. One of the biggest hair-raising and bone-chilling moments in the film comes when Soze opens the porthole of the ship to find Arturo Marquez, the one man who can identify the criminal mastermind.
Verbal's tale starts six weeks earlier in New York City. Five criminals are brought together in a police lineup: Dean Keaton, a corrupt former police officer who has apparently given up his life of crime; Michael McManus, a short-tempered professional thief; Fred Fenster, McManus' partner who speaks in mangled English; Todd Hockney, a hijacker who forms an instant rivalry with McManus; and Verbal. While in holding, McManus convinces the others to join forces to commit a robbery targeting New York's Finest Taxi Service, corrupt NYPD police officers who escort smugglers to their destinations around the city.
After the successful robbery, the quintet travel to Los Angeles to sell their loot to McManus' fence, "Redfoot". Redfoot talks them into another job: robbing a purported jewel dealer. Instead of jewels or money, as they were told he was holding, the dealer was carrying heroin. An angry confrontation between the thieves and Redfoot reveals that the job came from a lawyer named Kobayashi.
The thieves are to destroy the drugs and, if they choose to wait until the buyers arrive, can split the cash as they choose.
Over the years, he becomes an urban legend, "a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night"; while no one truly believes he is real, his reputation for killing anyone who crosses him, as well as everyone they hold dear, is enough to make him the bogeyman of the criminal underworld. Verbal also describes Fenster's attempt to run away, ending with his being killed by Kobayashi. The remaining thieves kidnap Kobayashi, intending to kill him if he does not leave them alone.
Unbowed, Kobayashi reveals that Edie Finneran, Keaton's lawyer and girlfriend, is in his office believing she was hired for legal services , and threatens to kill her as well as the other thieves' loved ones should they refuse the job.
On the night of the cocaine deal, the sellers a group of Argentine mobsters and the buyers a group of Hungarian mobsters are on the dock. Keaton tells Verbal to stay back, and to take the money to Edie if the plan goes awry so she can pursue Kobayashi "her way". Verbal reluctantly agrees, and watches the boat from a distance in hiding.
Keaton, McManus, and Hockney attack the men at the pier, killing most of them. Keaton and McManus board the ship to find the drugs while Hockney goes after a van carrying the cash, and is shot dead after he finds it. Keaton and McManus discover there is no cocaine on the boat, while a closely guarded Argentine passenger is shot twice in the head by an unseen assailant. User reviews 1 Review. Top review. Very interesting little short.
From this point on I never got any one fact that was more impacting to me that this one but I still very much enjoyed this short film as it was full of little stories and bits of insight from the making. Despite the title, the film is more about an element of the making of the film rather than the character himself and, in this regard it is interesting. It all sounds quite ordinary but the contributions are all very interesting - Spacey is particularly good and is supported by comments from his fellow actors regarding his performance and the importance of perspective in the film.
Overall this is only one of many little shorts on a great special edition DVD and this short doesn't cover a great deal of ideas but it is full of interesting little stories and it really benefits from the whole cast contributing concise and interesting ideas.
Not worth buying the DVD for but well worth watching more than once. Details Edit. Release date April 2, United States. United States. MGM Home Entertainment. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 19 minutes.
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