Some time ago, we introduced two murderer-centered legal films, "Law-abiding Citizen" and "Hidden Heaven killing bureau"
Friends who have seen it must have remembered the passages in the courtroom
No matter how developed the judiciary is, it will only get closer and closer to the truth, not wait for the truth
So, the key is not what you do, but what you can prove in court
When a person commits a crime but cannot prove it within the limits of legal evidence, it is a judicial dilemma
It's like the main contradiction in Law-abiding Citizen and The Secret Game
This is also a central issue often addressed in legal films
Today's recommendation is also a legal film "Lincoln Lawyer", compared to the above two films, the dilemma is more complicated
Matthew McConaughey plays a los Angeles-based criminal lawyer
Because he only worked in his Lincoln car, he also had a nickname "Lincoln Lawyer"
Lincoln's clients come into contact with a wide range of people, and he does everything he can to help his clients
Once he was introduced to a rich man as a defense lawyer
The rich man was accused of raping and violently injuring a girl
But the brother insisted that he was innocent and asked Lincoln's lawyer to help him defend his innocence
In the beginning, the evidence available to Lincoln's lawyers and his private investigators suggested that the brother might have actually been framed
Although some of the evidence is not very favorable, he is also very confident of winning the case
Inadvertently, however, he discovers another case he has taken on
As the lawyer representing the defendant in the rape and murder case, he eventually got the client to compromise and plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence
However, the client always insisted that he had not killed anyone
After rearranging all this, he finally found that this male brother was not innocent at all
Nor did I find myself as a defense lawyer for no reason
This brother is a habitual murderer who has a similar modus operandi every time
A prostitute is first targeted, then the prostitute enters just after receiving the client, rapes and kills people and leaves without leaving evidence
When the police came, all the evidence pointed to the previous person who had left, and naturally became a scapegoat
Only this time, the resistance was more fierce, and the attempted killing was just a failure
I want to use my acting skills and "professionals" like Lincoln's lawyer to help him get away with it
The most damning thing is that brother Gongzi confessed all this to him, but he had to say nothing because of the principle of confidentiality of the lawyer
And depending on the identity of the lawyer representing Gongzi Brother, he cannot do anything unfavorable to his clients
Otherwise, the lawyer's license will be revoked
In addition, the brother also took his gun and killed his private investigator with his gun
This put Lincoln's lawyers in a dilemma of their own
Knowing that Brother Gongzi is a murderer, he still wants to help Brother Gongzi get rid of his crime, which is sorry for his conscience
If you do not help brother Gongzi get rid of his crime, he will face the destruction of his future, and even be framed as a defendant and enter prison
What should Lincoln's lawyer do at this time?
Do you want to give up your conscience or give up your future for peace of mind?
I won't spoil it here, but I can only tell you that his approach is more clever and clever
After all, it is not good to be mixed in this world by conscience alone, but also to have a clever head
The appeal of legal films must come from the verbal battle between the prosecution and the defense in court
Find out the loopholes of the other party and tighten your own logic
If there is a certain basic knowledge, in such a back and forth, constantly deliberate and argumentative, nitpicking
The logical pleasure brought about by the process is also addictive
The film is based on the 2005 bestseller of the same name by the famous American crime fiction master Mike Connery
Mike Connery's position in the field of thriller fiction is "god-level", due to his own supervision and sculpting of the film's script
Therefore, the film also respects the original work to the greatest extent
Matthew McConaughey also performed the essence of this Lincoln lawyer
He is not the ideal of a righteous person, but he tries his best to defend criminals, even to the headache of the police and prosecutors
However, there is some prestige among the people at the bottom of these streets, and they are very open
When encountering real evil, he turns into a fighter and will never let it go easily
The law can define who is a criminal, but the bottom line of people is good or bad, and the bottom line of morality has a shot in everyone's heart
Criminals are not necessarily bad people, and seemingly innocent people may be extremely evil
This is also the most real and complex part of the real world