A boat, believed to have $91 million in cocaine on board, is docked at a
pier in San Pedro, just south of L.A. Suddenly an enormous explosion rips
through the still of the night and you know that whatever or whoever was unlucky
enough to be on that boat was blown halfway to hell.
Within hours, a charred floating carcass is all that's left. That, and
twenty-seven dead bodies. Miraculously, there are two survivors: a Hungarian
gangster who lies, clinging to life and burnt to a crisp, in a hospital bed; and
Roger "Verbal" Kint, a crippled con-man from New York. |
As U.S. Customs Special Agent David Kujan conducts his grueling
inquisition, Kint weaves a tale that begins six weeks earlier, at a police lock-
up in New York. Five felons, accused of hijacking a truck load of gun parts in
Queens, are brought in for a line-up. The cops don't have much in the way of
evidence, so the five are held overnight. |
Five criminals. Five criminal minds. One night. One plan. They are
suspects. Strangers. With one thing in common: Keyser Soze -- a criminal so
feared, so fabled, even the icy glares of these cold-blooded killers burn with
terror at the mere mention of his name. |
And now, the only one who can identify Keyser Soze, believed to be at the
heart of this dock side massacre, is the hospitalized Hungarian. So while an FBI
sketch artist struggles to complete his rendering of Soze before the witness
dies, Verbal Kint sits in the D.A.'s office, taking Kujan through the steps that
led him there. |
And now, the only one who can identify Keyser Soze, believed to be at the
heart of this dock side massacre, is the hospitalized Hungarian. So while an FBI
sketch artist struggles to complete his rendering of Soze before the witness
dies, Verbal Kint sits in the D.A.'s office, taking Kujan through the steps that
led him there. |
The inquisition is arduous. Kujan is relentless. Hour after hour he probes. Kint wavers and, finally, breaks. In the end, a pathetic, low-life con-man is outwitted by a smart, shrewd U.S. government agent. |
Or is he? |