He's supposed to be Turkish. Some
say his father was German. Nobody ever believed he was real. Nobody
ever knew him or saw anybody that ever worked directly for him. But
to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You
never knew; that was his power. The greatest trick the devil ever
pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
One story the guys told me, the story I believe, was from his days
in Turkey. There was a gang of Hungarians that wanted their own
mob. They realized that to be in power, you didn't need guns or
money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the
other guy wouldn't. After a while, they come into power and then
they come after Soze. He was small-time then, just running dope,
they say. (We see all of this in flashback) They come to his home
in the afternoon, looking for his business. They find his wife and
kids in the house and decide to wait for Soze. He comes home to
find his wife raped and children screaming. The Hungarians knew
Soze was tough, not to be trifled with, so they let him know they
meant business.
(Flashback: Hungarian cuts one of the children's throats)
They tell him they want his territory, all his business. Soze looks
over the faces of his family. Then he showed these men of will what
will really was.
(Soze shoots two Hungarians, then shoots his children and his wife
as the last Hungarian watches in surprised horror)
He tells him he would rather see his family dead than live another
day after this. He lets the last Hungarian go, waits until his wife
and kids are in the ground, and then he goes after the rest of the
mob. He kills their kids. He kills their wives. He kills their
parents and their parents' friends. He burns down the houses they
live in, the stores they work in. He kills people that owe them
money. And like that, he's gone. Underground. Nobody's ever seen
him since. He becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell
their kids at night. "Rat on your pop and Keyser Soze will get
you." But no one ever really believes.
(We see a shadow-encased figure of Keyser Soze walking towards the
camera in front of a huge tower of flame as Verbal speaks about the
process of revenge.)
Agent Kujon: Do you believe in him, Verbal?
Verbal Kint: Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm
afraid of him." Well, I believe in God -- and the only thing that
scares me is Keyser Soze
