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Jun 28, 2020 · The Devil’s Plan. After his wife’s suicide, Kevin finally wakes up to the realization that there’s something seriously wrong with John. When he confronts him, John reveals that he is “The Devil” and runs a powerful law firm just to establish control over the world. It is further revealed that Kevin, who was previously told by his ...
Face it, you started lookin' to better-deal her the minute you got here. Kevin Lomax: You don't know that, you don't know what we had. John Milton: Hey, I'm on your side! Kevin Lomax: You're a liar! [starts to leave] John Milton: Wait, Kevin, there's nothing out there for you.
Budget. $57 million [ 2 ] Box office. $153 million [ 2 ] The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American supernatural horror film directed by Taylor Hackford, written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, and starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron.
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It’s pretty rare these days to set up a fantastical story that ends, “it was all a dream – and then I woke up”. Horror legal thriller The Devil’s Advocate takes a sideways run at it by having the story take place in a daydream. Halfway through a court case Kevin Lomax twigs his client is guilty of child abuse. Overwhelmed, he excuses himself from c...
At the end of the film, Kevin’s wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) kills herself with shards from a broken mirror. Seeing demons in mirrored surfaces destroys her sanity. But actually, Mary Ann sees the world as it really is through these weird reflections, whereas Kevin sees what he wants to. Mary Ann’s broken mirror has a greater significance, thoug...
Kevin Lomax belongs to that class of cinema character with a dad in the closet. Like Luke Skywalker, the father he eventually meets is a force of evil. However, Lomax is his father’s son long before he learns the truth about Milton (Al Pacino): 1. Lomax can second-guess jurors the same way Milton can manipulate people. 2. His winning streak is too ...
In the film, New York represents both big city temptations and hell on Earth. As Lomax’s mother Alice (Judith Ivey) warns Lomax via the book of Revelation: This foreshadows the entire plot. Satan himself now has an office in Babylon (New York). And, as per 17th-century epic poem Paradise Lost – by poet John Milton, no less– it’s the backdrop to the...
Is it easier to be bad? This is Milton’s sales pitch (just let the guilt go, he says). Either way, the film repeatedly asks Lomax to choose whether to act in self-interest or for more noble ends. Initially, the choice is whether or not to represent a paedophile. Lomax not only jumps at the chance, he actually bullies the young girl accusing his cli...
Someone playing devil’s advocate takes an opposing, unpopular view for argument’s sake. Here, it’s Milton (and as he’s Satan, it makes for a dizzying pun). In the film’s final scenes Milton makes an impassioned speech about the benefits of being bad. He calls God a prankster for giving humans desires, but commandments which criminalise them. But wh...
The film ends with a twist about Lomax’s dad: it’s Milton, baby. Milton himself drops a huge hint on Kevin when he quotes the scripture he used to seduce Alice: Unfortunately Lomax doesn’t yet recognise the significance of the words. During his big sell on brand Satan in the finale, Milton reveals he’s also Larry, the journalist who followed Lomax ...
The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby(son of Satan)Oct 5, 2023 · Table of Contents. 01 The Devil’s Advocate was released in 1997. 02 The screenplay was based on a novel. 03 Al Pacino played the role of the Devil. 04 Keanu Reeves played the lead role. 05 Charlize Theron played Kevin’s wife. 06 The movie explores the themes of temptation and morality. 07 The film is set in New York City.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Al Pacino’s famous speech – as the devil – in the Devil’s Advocate (1997). Al Pacino plays John Milton aka the devil. In this scene he tries to convince Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) to join his side. I added the the rhetorical figures of speech in this transcript in brackets.
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Oct 17, 2022 · Directed by Taylor Hackford and based loosely on a novel by Andrew Neiderman, The Devil’s Advocate is a cross between Paradise Lost, Dante’s Inferno, and John Grisham’s The Firm. Keanu Reeves plays Kevin Lomax, a young lawyer from Gainesville, Fla., who has never lost a case and appears to specialize in getting obviously guilty rapists ...
