Keanu blossoms from chip board into solid oak.

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 1999)

The Devils Advocate is a film I thoroughly enjoyed even though it does have Keanu Reeves in it. I'm not Keanu's biggest fan but loved The Matrix and Point Break and somewhat surprisingly its his performance which made me like Devils Advocate. The film had plenty of surprises and Keanu gives his best performance yet, even if Pacino did appear to be on autopilot throughout the whole film. However Theron is the real star of the show and her mental and physical decline is harrowing to watch.
One interesting part of this film is that as you watch you don't know if its going to suddenly turn into a full horror like the omen or persue the more obvious thriller route. At times Keanu does look out of his depth in the acting department, especially next to Pacino and Theron but he carries the film well. Think of a supernatural version of the Firm and you can't go far wrong..........7