It is human nature!

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2000)

The Devils Advocate is a very intelligent film, but can be a bit slow, so if you can't stand 5 minutes without action, you should'nt go and see it. SPOILER ALERT Kevin Lomax is a hotshot lawyer, who has never lost a case. He is appointed by a big Law-firm in New York, and meets John Milton, the head of the firm. He and his wife Mary Ann quickly blend in with the new surroundings, but Mary Ann senses that something is wrong, and starts to realize, through strange visions, that it is not a law-firm that has hired Kevin but the devil. Mary Ann is committed to the hospital. There she commits suicide. Later Kevins mother tells him that John Milton is his father. He confronts his father, and realizes that Mary Ann was right, Milton is Satan, and he wants kevin to mate with his sister Christabella. Kevin realizes that no matter what happens, he is going to loose, and kills himself. Shortly after he awakes from his dream, standing in the bathroom, outside the court-room. He reconsiders his situation, and tells his client, that he wont represent him anymore. Outside the court-room, a reporter asks if he could get full rights to the story, promising Kevin wealth and fame. Kevin agrees.
Kevin has in his dream seen how things could go, if he did not change his ways. Kevin has the chance to change his actions, and not take bloodmoney, he can start on a fresh, but he accept the reporters offer, and Kevin Lomax is yet another victim of the first deadly sin: vanity.And the story can start over again. It is human nature.