The Devil’s Advocate
In 1995’s The Devil’s Advocate, Keanu Reeves gets the chance to shine as an actor on screen with the almighty Al Pacino starring alongside him. The film deals with an average lawyer from Florida being offered the opportunity of his career to work in a prestigious law firm in New York City for a very powerful lawyer. This movie is different than the usual legal court dramas we’re used to on television and in films. We get to see Reeves’s character fight his own conscience and morals when dealing with situations and legal cases that he knows he shouldn’t agree with or even think about. Is this amazing job that could set him up for a perfect successful life worth breaking all the moral codes he had developed though his upbringing? The addition of internal conflict adds a new dimension to a legal drama that can sometimes get a bit stale.
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