The Devil's Advocate Reviews

I remember it very well, when it was released, my best buddy really wanted to check it out. To this day, I still wonder why he was so interested by this movie but, eventually, I thought it was decent but not much more than that. However, through the years, I noticed that it garnered a decent reputation so I thought I should give it a 2nd chance. However, even this time around, it still didn't impress more than back then, almost 20 years ago. I mean, it definitely had an interesting concept, to take one of the most hated profession in the world and make it truly evil was quite fun. However, I didn't care much about the moral struggle of the main character and, in my opinion, they should have pushed it up a little further in the depravity and immorality. Concerning Keanu Reeves, I always give him some slack because he tries some very different things but his acting was not always really convincing, I'm afraid. Basically, Al Pacino was the main attraction here and he obviously had a lot of fun with this role. Of course, it won't go down as one of his best movies but he was still pretty good in this and his monologue at the end was just really awesome. On the other hand, if you would compare it to his current work, this movie was almost a masterpiece. Another small thing, I was also surprised about the amount of nudity which is something you wouldn't expect from a US mainstream production like this one (not that it really bothered me). Anyway, to conclude, even though I think it is rather overrated, it is still a decent flick and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

Pacino is classic in this Keanu Reeves is usual plastic (bless he dose try) agree with the other review great til the end and kind of shoots itself in the foot.