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Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) accepts a high-powered position at a New York law firm headed by legal shark John Milton (Al Pacino). As Kevin moves up in the firm's ranks, his wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), has several frightening, mystical experiences that begin to warp her sense of reality. With the stakes getting higher with each case, Kevin quickly learns that his mentor is planning a far greater evil than simply winning without scruples.
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00:00He accidentally noticed something in the courtroom, when the girl was describing how she had been
00:04molested, the defendant had hidden his hands under the table, as if he were reliving the
00:08incident over and over. Kevin immediately realized, the girl was telling the truth,
00:17the client he had originally thought was innocent, was actually a real jerk,
00:21so he asked for a recess, then stormed into the bathroom in anger, if he kept defending him,
00:26it would go against his conscience, but if he simply walked away, he would also break his
00:30undefeated record, just when he was torn between the two, a journalist friend pushed the door open
00:35and came in, he had just finished watching the whole trial, and the moment he walked in,
00:39he deliberately provoked Kevin, saying Kevin was hiding out here, because he was afraid of losing,
00:44and that Kevin's undefeated record, would end here for sure, from now on, he become a joke in legal
00:50circles.
00:56The reporter's words, hit Kevin right where it hurt most, in the end, driven by vanity,
01:01his reason began to falter, when he returned to the courtroom, Kevin presented a lot of evidence
01:06unfavorable to the girl, and deliberately magnified her rebellious behavior, he said the girl liked to
01:11cause trouble in class, and had even drawn prank pictures of her teacher, turning the teacher into
01:16a giant pig faced monster, that was why the teacher punished her, then he went even further,
01:20he flat out said the girl had made up the molestation story, just to get revenge, his argument was
01:25aggressive, and the girl and her lawyer couldn't keep up at all, by twisting the truth, Kevin turned
01:30a victim, into an accuser in an instant, and the final verdict was no surprise, the jury unanimously
01:36believed the girl was lying, the teacher was found not guilty, Kevin kept his undefeated record,
01:41but he had no idea, that this would also plant the seeds of trouble for him, at Kevin's victory party,
01:46a strange black man stopped him, and handed him a business card, it turned out, a very famous law
01:51firm, had taken notice of Kevin's courtroom skills, and wanted to hire him, at first, Kevin thought the
01:57guy was joking, but then the man pulled out a big check, the moment Kevin saw the number on it,
02:01he stopped hesitating immediately.
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