THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) is a young successful lawyer from Florida. He has never lost a case, although sometimes aware of the guilt of his clients. He is happily married to Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) and has a good relationship with his mother. A little paradise on Earth. The echo of his successes reaches the ears of John Milton (Al Pacino), head of one of the most prestigious law firms in New York, who makes him an attractive offer: a beautiful house, a good salary, a prestigious position. Why not seize fortune by the hair? But will it really be fortune or will the devil have put his paw in it? A director not specialized in the genre manages to give us an excellent film halfway between thriller and horror. Pleasant despite the abundance of clichés, fluid despite the duration, "The Devil's Advocate" is the classic overseas product that borders on "perfection", a film based on the two main actors and on a murky atmosphere, interspersed with suggestive speeches on man's desires and free will and musings on the coming of the Antichrist. A film that has the classic taste of the mythical series "The Twilight Zone" and an old-fashioned charm that comes from the complacently literary dialogues and deliberately outdated narrative solutions. And if the magnetic performance of an excellent Al Pacino, perfect in demonic roles that perhaps only he and Jack Nicholson can carry with such naturalness, cannot certainly surprise, it is with pleasure that we find a Keanu Reeves in a state of grace and an excellent Charlize Theron, whose character clearly resembles that played by Mia Farrow in the splendid "Rosemary's Baby". The final monologue in which the "diabolical" Al Pacino takes on God is enough alone to delight lovers of great cinema. Really a successful film, absolutely not to be missed!