The Devil's Advocate
The movie shown on Channel 5 tonight, or rather yesterday (Sunday) night, at 10.00pm was masterfully done.
The story is about a lawyer who has never lost a single case, and hides the truth to deny his clients' guilt. In this particular trial, he discovers he has been cheated by his client and enters the washroom to clear his mind. To preserve his reputation, he hides the truth and wins the case. Soon after, at a pub someone offers him an incredible offer, with sponsorship of luxuries, to join a law firm in New York. He takes on a minor case, then accepts a major, murder case. He spends most of his time at work and ends up neglecting his wife, and at the same time, ends up discovering he has to deny the truth again in court in order to win the case.
His wife begins to hallucinate to the point of insanity. His superior, Milton becomes a focus in the movie, with his speaking an uncomprehendible language at times, and makes you wonder if he was murmuring a curse. Milton also lives in a "different" house, with only one room and an exotic design. Later on, he wins the case, and his wife is admitted into the psychiatric ward. She sees "monsters in the mirror", and commits suicide, then the lawyer's mother tells him that Milton is his father.
He challenges Milton and discovers he is Satan and realises that he has hopelessly fallen into his trap, luring him with fame as bait. Milton wants to have a family, presumely to take over the world as an Anti-Christ faction? However, there is a twist at the end, and the lawyer kills himself.
Suddenly, he finds himself back at the washroom of the first trial, and this time, he steps down as his client's defender. He gets a hell load of attention, but he gets out of the way. The press reporter (i guess) wants to call him in the morning the next day, the lawyer contemplates and agrees. Again there is a twist when viewers watch in surprise as the reporter, Larry (i guess) transforms into Milton, and says "Vanity. Definitely my favourite sin."
It makes you wonder whether the Devil is attempting to lure this lawyer into his second trap after failing in his first attempt.
The movie shown on Channel 5 tonight, or rather yesterday (Sunday) night, at 10.00pm was masterfully done.
The story is about a lawyer who has never lost a single case, and hides the truth to deny his clients' guilt. In this particular trial, he discovers he has been cheated by his client and enters the washroom to clear his mind. To preserve his reputation, he hides the truth and wins the case. Soon after, at a pub someone offers him an incredible offer, with sponsorship of luxuries, to join a law firm in New York. He takes on a minor case, then accepts a major, murder case. He spends most of his time at work and ends up neglecting his wife, and at the same time, ends up discovering he has to deny the truth again in court in order to win the case.
His wife begins to hallucinate to the point of insanity. His superior, Milton becomes a focus in the movie, with his speaking an uncomprehendible language at times, and makes you wonder if he was murmuring a curse. Milton also lives in a "different" house, with only one room and an exotic design. Later on, he wins the case, and his wife is admitted into the psychiatric ward. She sees "monsters in the mirror", and commits suicide, then the lawyer's mother tells him that Milton is his father.
He challenges Milton and discovers he is Satan and realises that he has hopelessly fallen into his trap, luring him with fame as bait. Milton wants to have a family, presumely to take over the world as an Anti-Christ faction? However, there is a twist at the end, and the lawyer kills himself.
Suddenly, he finds himself back at the washroom of the first trial, and this time, he steps down as his client's defender. He gets a hell load of attention, but he gets out of the way. The press reporter (i guess) wants to call him in the morning the next day, the lawyer contemplates and agrees. Again there is a twist when viewers watch in surprise as the reporter, Larry (i guess) transforms into Milton, and says "Vanity. Definitely my favourite sin."
It makes you wonder whether the Devil is attempting to lure this lawyer into his second trap after failing in his first attempt.
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