This movie douban score is not high, with a typical Hong Kong film flavor.
The film tells the story of the lawyers' "constant victory" Ray Youyi who changed from treating the law as a transaction to treating the law as faith.
The film only focuses on one lawsuit, but this one lawsuit handles the complex relationship between Hong Kong's politics, law, capitalists, and human nature very clearly.
In the face of wealth and status, Zeng Guoshan gave up his son and eventually escaped legal punishment. In the film, he is a tragic villain.
In order to repay his daughter's justice, Guo Yourong gave up his wealth and chose to turn himself in, and he made all those who hurt his daughter pay the price.
The strong contrast gives the audience the opportunity to think deeply.
In the film, Lei Youhui uses a pen with such an English passage "be a good lawyer" to be a good lawyer. There is also a painting on the wall with the words "The law would rather spare a sinner than wrongfully accuse an innocent person."
The lawsuit at the beginning of the film also shows that Lei Youhui is not a lawyer who only wants money, he is also a lawyer with conscience and professional ethics.
Seeing Li Yifeng's grandmother, he remembered the case ten years ago, perhaps the case ten years ago changed him, and the interests of the parties would be given priority in the lawsuit. So at first he would think of getting Li Yifeng to admit to manslaughter. But Lawyer He's words that "the law is faith is not a transaction" and "anyone is innocent before trial" certainly gave him the original intention of becoming a lawyer.
Before the first trial, his psychology was under great pressure, the death of the female reporter, the coma of the female assistant, and the trust of Zhu Ma. Once again in the face of the "high wall", he has no remorse, ten years of tempering, so that he has more experience, can be a good lawyer.
After the first trial, he still chose to uphold justice. Even if Lawyer Ho agreed to his original proposal of "manslaughter." He still risked being revoked from his license to win a lawsuit and uphold legal fairness and justice.
Lawyer Lei initially let the defendant admit to "manslaughter" to later adhere to the law and uphold justice even in the face of the "high wall". It is not so much about the growth of the character that he has found his original beliefs and original intentions.
Why was Chen Kangli fired? Was it really Master who pit him?
In the movie, the lawyer Chen Kangli, played by Tan Yaowen, has never had the opportunity to go to court, and finally his master handed over the case to him, he was full of joy, who knew that it was a pit, the case was closed, and he was also dismissed.
Perhaps his master knew the intricate relationship inside, the daughter of the rich merchant Guo Yourong died, which may be related to the son of the chairman of the Patriotic Party, this case is big enough and dark enough, the master does not want to take such an important case before retirement, so he gave the pit to his apprentice, pit Chen Kangli.
There are many suspicious points in this case, but no one mentions it, if the police are there because there is Officer Zhao, then didn't the Department of Justice find out when collecting evidence? The Department of Justice has handled so many cases, it certainly will not be uncovered, so if it is discovered, why has it not been traced? Was it suppressed by Chen Kangli?
After the first trial, Lawyer He talked to Chen Kangli, who said that as long as Li Yifeng admitted to manslaughter, anything could be discussed. Does it also mean that Chen Kangli is not as simple as it seems?
Zeng Guoshan can find Lei Youhui, and naturally he can also find Chen Kangli, otherwise how could he be dismissed because he only lost a lawsuit?
At the end of the movie, what Lei Youhui said when he was censored was really touching.
Everyone will become a parent, and parents will think about their children.
I want my next generation to grow up in a society where there is a clear distinction between right and wrong.
Sansheng is fortunate to be born in China and is grateful to the motherland.