The Devil's Advocate

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Summary: We're all capable of selling our souls..just name your price
Review: "The Devil's Advocate" stars Keanu Reeves as Kevin Lomax, a hot-shot Florida attorney with a slick not-one-hair-out-of-place haircut to match. He has everything going for him, including a gorgeous wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron). Things couldn't be better...that is, until Kevin is offered a dream job in a prestigious New York law firm. Not missing the opportunity, he and Mary Ann relocate to NY and start a new life there. He soon meets his boss, John Milton (Al Pacino), the head honcho of the law firm. But what Kevin doesn't know is that John is the Devil in disguise, and will sell his soul to him even before he knows he's done so. How does John do it? Simply, by offering Kevin the 3 most basic human desires (even if we might not always admit it to ourselves) - sex, power and money. Kevin soon realizes what he's done and how it has affected his and Mary Ann's life, but it's too late.

I really don't understand the people who bash this movie. I think it's one of the best thrillers to come out in recent times, with solid performances from everyone, yes, including Keanu Reeves (gasp!). Ok, so he's not the greatest actor in the world. But we gotta cut him some slack here...can ANY actor take the spotlight when working with Al Pacino? I doubt it. Reeves manages to pull off his role quite well, and I would argue without hesitation that this movie is one of his best. Charlize Theron does a fantastic job as Mary Ann, and I won't complain about her nude scene one bit. She's simply beautiful, even when she becomes mentally ill and enters the hospital, having no makeup on and looking like she spent the last 4 hours crying her eyes out. They should have known that it's impossible to make her look unattractive. Just can't happen, you silly film-makers! And of course Al Pacino. He's just perfect as the Devil, even if somewhat over-the-top in a few scenes.

Anyone looking for a cool, slick and enjoyable horror movie should check out "The Devil's Advocate." The DVD offers a great commentary by director Taylor Hackford, tons of deleted scenes, trailers, TV spots and production notes. You can't go wrong.

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Summary: If you're vain, you're a sinner?!
Review: I absolutely adore this movie, although I'm a little iffy on Al Pacino and I always get him muddled up with Robert De Niro for some reason. He does a brilliant job of playing Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, John Milton, little old man, the Antichrist, the main man, whatever you wanna call him. It also stars a bumbling idiot (Jeffrey Jones), the lovely Keanu Reeves, the equally lovely Charlize Theron, and small but almost painful scenes featuring Heather Matarazzo. Keanu has a rather severe hair cut in this, whereas Charlize's hair looks so much better longer.

Keanu & Charlize have great chemistry in this, they're newly weds and still in the first throes of love. You can just tell their characters are wanting to rip off each other's clothes and christen every room - twice! They both starred again in Sweet November.

The film is roughly 2 hours long - unless you're like me and skip the scene where Eddie Barzoon gets killed, as it's pointless and unnecessary to the whole film, much like the character. This may be off-putting for some people, but the film absolutely flies by and you're wanting the story to continue.

Charlize quickly descends in schizophrenia in this movie and to prepare for her disturbing role in the film, she spent an hour a day over the three-month shooting period in NYC with a psychotherapist to "practice schizophrenia". She plays it magnificently, although the ill fitting brown wig doesn't suit her, and you really feel for her throughout most of the film. She's in a strange town, with an empty apartment to fill, and her hubby hasn't been home long enough to "knock her up". She also starts thinking that John Milton slept with her when he didn't, and ends up her taking her own life. One of the best scenes in this movie, it proves to any doubters that Keanu Reeves really can act! (There's a lot of them out there, believe me)

Al Pacino joins a long line of great actors in incarnating the Antichrist in the name of entertainment, including: Robert De Niro (in Angel Heart), Jack Nicholson (in The Witches Of Eastwick), Gabriel Byrne (in End Of Days) and even Sam Neill (in Omen III: The Final Conflict).

This movie will stay with you long after the credits have rolled, that's how powerful and disturbing it is. There's full frontal nudity from Charlize and Connie Nielsen for the guys, and we girls only get to see Keanu from the waist up (boo). If you don't enjoy this movie, and aren't left feeling emotional afterwards, then I demand why not?!

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Summary: Good Horror\thriller
Review: I just saw this movie and it is very good. It features a very terrifying performance by Al Pacino, who plays the devil. The movie follows a young Florida lawer who has never lost a case(Keanu Reeves), but there is one case he wishes he never won. After winning a case against a teacher accused of assulting a student he is contacted by a powerful new york law firm, of course he accepts, but what he does not realize is that the head of the law firm is Satan(AL Pacino). He goes with his wife (Charlize theron) who soon starts seeing strange things. Things get worse and worse till a thrilling climax. It has good performances by the whole cast.

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Summary: The vanity is my favorite sin!
Review: Incredible fable what would it happen if...
Amazing and intriguing plot in what John Milton hires to Kaenu Reeves a smart attorney to make part of his team . In this invitation there will be strange but effective clues . The triumph has its prize . Nothing is free .
The ancient legend of faustic roots . In this time , the chances are in New York .
Keanu Reeves has never best like this . Charlize Theron is credible in her role as Reeves ' wife .
Pacino is simply overwhelming , and Hackford showing us the powerful crat he can make with the few chances he has.
A disturbing , menacing and challenging film !
One of the best movies of 1997.