Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Writing credits: Andrew Neiderman, Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Movie Genre: Drama/Thriller
Released: 1997
Running Time: 144 minutes
Rating: 16VLN
The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and based on a 1990 novel by Andrew Neiderman.
Kevin Lomax is a successful defence attorney who's never lost a case.
He enjoys a happy marriage with his sexy young wife, Mary Ann, and even has a good relationship with his strait-laced, churchgoing mother. In fact, Kevin's life seems like Heaven on Earth.
But after winning a most distasteful victory for his client, a convicted child-molester, he's invited to join a prestigious New York law firm and live a life of power and luxury.
Kevin's short taste of power changes him. Suddenly, winning is no longer just a goal - it becomes an obsession.
When his wife starts having frightening experiences she can't explain and his world starts spinning ever-faster out of control, Lomax realises his existence in Heaven on Earth has ended. Now he's stepping into Hell.
And standing at the gates to welcome him is The Devil, himself.
Tagline: The newest attorney at the world's most powerful law firm has never lost a case. But he's about to lose his soul.