Supernatural meets Law and Order

Rating: 7/10 (14 November 2019)

Devil's Advocate stars Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino and is directed by Taylor Hackford. The film revolves around a hot-shot defense attorney who gets accepted into one of the most powerful law firms in New York. But his new job offering offering experiences that he would never dream of lies a deep dark sinister behind close curtains. This film is like if John Grisham's The Firm and Rosemary's Baby came together and had a child. What I enjoy about Devil's Advocate is that instead of making it your typical flavor-of-the-week courtroom drama, the team creates your typical courtroom drama, but adds an element of supernatural horror to the mix. The problem with Devil's Advocate is that it has a hard time whether it's a horror movie or a movie inspired by the works of John Grisham. The way I see it, the first half of the movie is your courtroom drama. Then the second half we start to see some horror thrown at us, and finally were thrown with the last remaining of horror that the film offers us. Also the middle half of the movie is also confused as it seems that the screenwriters were lost and confused on how to bring this movie full circle. Another thing i want to point out is that Devil's Advocate is filled with over the top performances by Keanu Reeves who tries to do a perfect southern accent, but fails and feels rushed as well. And Al Pacino, who delivers an over the top performance you could've swore that he wasn't acting and the director is just rolling because he's enjoying as well as we are. Its not Al Pacino's best, but it's certainly not his worst. So in the end i will say that Devil's Advocate is an entertaining film to watch, that I don't hate the movie, but it could've used a little work.