22. Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze
The Usual Suspects
Possibly a Turkish hell-beast with Sephiroth hair, possibly Kevin Spacey pretending to be slightly retarded. Who knows? The great thing about Soze is that even with the reveal at the end, there's no real signification that Kint himself is Soze (although "Soze" is "Verbal" in Turkish or some language) it's just commonly believed he is the kingpin.
HOWEVER, it's great that for a character who is technically never seen (except once hidden in the shadows behind FLAMES), Keyser Soze completely dominates the film. Whether or not Kint is actually Soze or just a damn good goon, its never clear who could be Keyser Soze until the end. We are led the whole time into thinking that Dean Keaton is the real thing, but with someone as slippery as Soze it could have easily been mumbly Benicio Del Toro, or even the mysterious businessman/competitive eater Mr. Kobayashi.
I'm only including Keyser Soze and Verbal as the same because that is the general consensus.
Defining moment: Successfully fooling the cops, Kint walks out of the precinct free as a bird. And his trademark limp slowly disappears.
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