The Usual Suspects- Movie Endings Explained

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Movie endings, they're usually pretty straight forward right? Everything pays off, the main characters learn something, and our heroes ride off into the sunset. Sometimes though, we don't get the typical ending from a movie, we get something much more nuanced, complex and open ended. The kind of endings that leave things up in the air for all of us to debate and theorize on until we're blue in the face. With Movie Endings Explained, we aim to delve into some of the more ambiguous and mysterious endings to films that have left audiences scratching their heads for years, and to attempt to explain them. In most cases, a definitive answer isn't really there, so we definitely want to hear from YOU on how you interpret the various endings we'll be discussing with this series.

THE USUAL SUSPECTS was the movie that put Bryan Singer on the map, long before he ever tackled X-MEN, and long before he became such a controversial figure in Hollywood, following troubling allegations that have persisted over the years. But, in 1995, Singer was just another young filmmaker making what was perceived, initially, to be a Quentin Tarantino clone, but wound up becoming a seminal film in its own right – with an ending that blew people away. But who really is Keyser Söze? Let's look into it in this week's edition of Movie Endings Explained!