Many people watch movies or dramas, and most of them choose whether to watch them because of the stars or cast.
For example, if a movie has its own favorite actors, then it is bound to pay more attention to a little, and the probability of going to see this movie is definitely much higher than other movies, which is a preferred attribute of people.
The film I want to talk to you about today carries my personal preferences, because this movie has three movie actors that I personally like very much, and they actually acted in a movie together.
Its name is Devil's Advocate!
This movie has been released as early as 1997, Douban 8.3 points, but I personally had the privilege of seeing this film this year, the length of the film is not as long as the original version of 144 minutes, and suddenly realized that I was watching a deleted version.
Open the Douban only to find that a lot of plots they did not see, had to sigh the power of the river crab, no wonder when watching the movie feel the rhythm is strange, the editing is very chaotic, and even when I see the score of 8.3, I feel a little surprised, I have to say that the "river crab" back pot.
The film is 23 years old and the cast is very strong.
First of all, director Heckford, this is a guy who has been nominated for oscars three times, but unfortunately did not win, but his works such as "Young Father", "Gangster Gangster", "Soul Singer" and so on are very classic.
In terms of starring, this film actually gathered Levis, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron.
Many people like Levi's because of his looks, his fairy looks may be related to his family, his father is an American geologist, his mother is British, formerly a nightclub dancer, and his grandmother has Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese ancestry, and his grandfather is Irish-American.
He himself also has three nationalities of Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, and his appearance is not typical of the handsomeness of Westerners, and there are some Chinese handsomeness in it, and I personally feel that Levi's handsomeness is somewhat similar to the handsome of Luo Yunxi, who has been very popular in recent years.
His masterpiece is "Life and Death Speed", which is also his famous work, which made him a big star from a small actor, but in the next 5 years he starred in the film was unsuccessful, and at the low tide, in order to make this "Devil's Spokesperson" with Al Pacino, he gave up the sequel to "Life and Death Speed".
After surviving the downturn, his 1999 starring role in "The Matrix" finally made him a Hollywood A-list male star, and his sequel "Devil Walker" also did a very good box office.
But he is indeed an outlier, after 20 years of fame he did not buy a house and live a stable life, but wandered around, until 2008 did not start acting in movies again, but the response was very general.
He has a natural idol temperament, but always shows a maverick side, he formed a band, and likes to drag racing, but it is said that the driving skills are very general, and the audience will only think of "The Matrix" when his name is mentioned so far!
So "Devil's Advocate" is a very important work in Levi's life, although it did not win an award, but it was an important turning point for the 33-year-old at the time.
The other male protagonist of the film is played by Pacino, Pacino will not say more, personally like him very much, although he is not tall, but the aura is very strong, playing the young "Godfather" although not as domineering as Brando, but very handsome.
He mostly plays a jerk boy with no achievements and deeds in movies such as "Scarface", but with these accumulations, he has cultivated a strong aura in works such as "Smelling Women" and "The Irishman".
Of course, in the movie "Devil's Advocate", he was 57 years old at the time, and it is really hard to imagine that 57 years old is already dying in many people, but Pacino still shows vitality, acting skills are still online, and even last year at the age of 79 was still nominated for an Academy Award.
With two male gods, how can there be no goddess?
That's right, this goddess is Charlize. Theron!
It was only at the time of making this film that Theron was not yet a goddess, but more like a little girl, when she was only 22 years old.
Theron in this movie is full of collagen, and her face has a green and immature temperament, which is completely different from her later performances in "Tully", "DarkLands" and "Breaking News", but at this time, her acting skills are also very good.
So when I watched this film, I was pleasantly surprised to see such a green and lovely Theron goddess, which was completely an Easter egg.
So what does this movie say? Here's a quick summary!
Levi's play is a lawyer who has never lost a lawsuit, and at the beginning of the film, he happens to be a defense lawyer who violates the female student teacher, he knows that the teacher is a beast, but in order not to break his glory record, he uses the female student's prank of drawing the teacher on the textbook as a defense, believing that the female student is retaliating to frame the teacher.
After winning the case, someone dug him up to work in a big office in New York, and he was moved and took his wife to New York.
The boss in New York was very appreciative of him, and many big cases were handed over to him, but gradually he found that he was lost in the pursuit of fame and fortune, as well as all kinds of seduction.
His wife also became insane, saying that the New York boss had defiled himself and even killed herself in front of him.
All this is the bureau set up by the New York boss, but when he reacts, his mother tells him that he is the son of the New York boss, he finds the other party, the other party admits the truth, but has an immortal body, he shoots the other party and fails, the other party becomes the devil.
In order to fail to complete the other party, he pointed a gun at himself, and the other party changed into his appearance and grew wings and was buried in the sea of fire.
He returned to the scene of the girl's trial, he gave up defending the beast teacher, and lost the case for the first time in his life, but someone still found him and asked him to work in New York, and he hesitated, and the other party changed into the former New York boss.
Many times it is like this, we embrace Satan first, see all the pain and hurt before choosing to convert to God, but in fact, God is Satan, at this time we ourselves separate God and Satan, as well as good and evil!
We become the devil's spokesmen without a moment's attention, just as at the end Pacino smiles condescendingly and says in a hoarse voice, "Vanity, is my favorite original sin," and the audience suddenly understands the true meaning of the movie.
This scene is also evocative, everyone is a child of Satan, and once they enter the trap of vanity, they will cast the devil's favorite ending.