1997 · horror · drama · mystery
The Devil's Advocate
Directed by Taylor Hackford2h 24m1997
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Our read: The Devil's Advocate (1997) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · drama · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
- twisty
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