The Devil's Advocate

1997 "The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul."
7.5| 2h24m| R| en| More Info
Released: 17 October 1997 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

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marieltrokan Non-need to be interested, in the need to analyse, is need to be interested in the redundancy of analysis.Necessary interest is boring redundancy. The redundancy of analysis is the necessity of freedom.Boring redundancy is boring boredom. The necessity of freedom is boring oppression. Boring oppression is boring boredom. Boring boredom that's boring boredom is insincere boredom that's insincere boredom. Insincere boredom is sincere excitement.Sincere excitement of sincere excitement is the illusion of excitement that's self-created - true boredom that's free.Free true boredom is free free boredomFree free is the experience of freedom.The experience of freedom is the freedom of experience.The freedom of experience is the limitlessness of experience - the experience of limitlessness.An experience of limitlessness that's boring is an experience of limit that's exciting.The experience of limit is the illusion of limit - insincere limitAn insincere limit is a limited insincerity. A limited insincerity is an oppressed deception - a weak deception.A weak deception is a deceptive deception - a deceptive deception is a betrayal of betrayal.A betrayal is not origin. Betrayal is reaction.A reaction to betrayal that's exciting is a non-reaction to origin that's exciting.A non-reaction to origin is a non-reaction to God.A non-reaction is not not. Not not is deceptive.Non-reaction is meant to be nothing. Intended nothing is deceptive intent.The deception of deceptive intent is a betrayal of deceptive intent. A betrayal of deceptive intent is a betrayal of the illusion of deception.The deception of a false illusion is the deception of an intended illusion - the intent of a false illusion.The intent of a false illusion is the mission of a lie that's a lie. A lie that's a lie is a lie that behaves.A lie that behaves is a lie that's alive. A lie that's alive is a truth of no life. Life isn't real, but the illusion has the ability to be a mission. God can create a lie, and then God can intend for the lie to live an identical existence to God despite the lie having none of God's powerGod can create God, and the imitation can be 100% identical despite having no power
filimaua I thoroughly enjoyed this film as an artistic view on the dark side of humanity. It explored themes of morality and temptation and free will. Keanu Reeves plays Kevin, a successful lawyer that's never lost a case that is offered a job at a powerful firm in New York, Charlize Theron plays his wife Mary Ann, and Al Pacino plays Kevin's boss and mentor who is revealed to actually be his father and Satan himself.The more successful Kevin gets, the more he tends to end up abandon his wife. The film brings the idea that we are tempted by Satan to commit evil acts. But he doesn't control us and make us do these things, rather he tempts us with promises of whatever we desire, or whispers ideas into our heads and we do evil things in reaction and of our free will. Which I found to be a powerful message. The idea of the big, cold New York City being the "devil's land" or "the city of Babylon" was a nice touch.People may have a problem with the nudity, but I was fine with it. It was an important part of the story. The female body and sex is shown to be another aspect of temptation.So the whole point of the movie is, the devil exists and pushes humanity to do whatever we want for our own selfish desires, but at the end of the day what we do is all of free will. We have free will to give in to the temptations, just as we have the free will to resist and try and stay as morally good as we can.My only problem with this film is Keanu Reeves. He was very good in this film, its just emotion was needed in a few scenes. Especially the death of his wife. He is crying and screaming as she dies in front of him, yet the very next scene he is walking down the hallway with his emotionless face and mono tone voice again. Dude, your wife just died. I would still be in a little moment of shock and sadness. I would just break down in tears a little here and there as it hits me over and over that my wife is dead, my voice would be in different tones. Nope, he is back into the usual emotion again, with barely any sadness under his monotone voice and facial expressions.Other than that, Al Pacino is amazing, Charlize Theron is also good. A very good entertaining flick, with a dark atmosphere and a powerful message on the deep root of evil in humanity.
movitos Why this movie was never widely appreciated is quite a mystery to me. Must be just ahead of its time. It never got on my radar I had a chance to see it on a rare slow evening ....and it is a stunning, rare experience. If you have not seen it --ignore all the negative reviews--just get ready for a fantastic ride. It is not what you expect but no short-cut in story telling is taken. It is a thinking man's thriller, with an exceptional cast. This movie would not be same without Keanu, Theron, and Pacino. The acting is first-rate and they sell you the story the old-fashioned way. A thrilling ride that pick's up pace and reaches a logical but slightly drawn out conclusion....It is a long movie but it allows for complex theme of evil and how it manipulates the gullible is developed .,...but gullible (s) are not just plain and passive people---they have a complex psyche and their own strengths and reasons. All comes together spectacularly.The movie is also great visually but it never overwhelms you with dominating special effects. I hope some day the smart folks in Hollywood realize (or develops more faith)--- that the biggest special effect of all is the face, tone, and mannerism of an actor..yes it is called ACTING...so mesmerizing that it make you forget the celluloid screen and you believe and get invested in the character completely. This is why Casablanca can still give you a bittersweet feeling even more than five decades later and any product from (Master) Ingmar Bergman makes thinking during the movie easy and so pleasurable.
adamsfamilyfan Devil advocate against whom?" god, the absentee land lord. Newsflash Sophia created the world Christ and dark-lord and successfully cloned herself.Asherah spew yahweh from her deep. She is first sex, scorpions and sharks reproduce asexually to produce an all female race.Isis could create a daughter or son, but made Horus with Osiris. Marianne was most high deity who came to earth to rule and bear yashua. not a rewarded mortal woman as catholics have it. Woman always conceives by her agency( all blocks, lif force pulls in sperm and linng duplicate cell, builds fetus. so its better to say with no male involved. No god, alien or human, so why worship a god over the emasculate conception? god , the landlord is the Devil's lie....god the pope the butler was true in myth and in real life male is second sex.Devil as a lawyer, is worth watching. " excuse me miss , did I leave my boots under your bed, your weakness is that they see your coming" Great timeless example like Elijah or beautiful witch who ask for help in disquise. Still a serious example of life style. Display of wealth for prestige versus living well. " vanity my favorite sin""all she wanted was love" Again a great narrative about priorities and unhealthy self obsession.She no doubt benefited from his success and wanted to be with her husband, but where is the line between support, Tagalog and left behind?