He was once a "bright star, the son of the morning," but he "turned his back on God's position because of the pride of his heart and corrupted wisdom by glory", leading one-third of the angels in heaven to the earth.
He is the angel "Lucifer" and the demon "Satan."
Today's movie for the little friend Amway is related to Satan's favorite original sin: vanity -
The Devil's Advocate, 1997
Douban 8.3
Al Pacino, you may be unfamiliar with the name, but you've definitely heard or seen many of his characters.
He is the second "Godfather" of the Second "Godfather" of the Corleone family, the leader of the Corleone family in the United States headquarters.
He is the invisible "Lieutenant Colonel Sfaran" in "Smelling The Woman", and he has achieved the most beautiful tango in film and television with his beautiful dance steps.
He is one of the very few artists to have won a Grand Slam (Oscar, Emmy and Tony).
It can be said that it is the highest level of Hollywood acting.
Another male protagonist, Keanu Reeves, is a maverick presence among Hollywood's A-list male stars.
When acting in this play, he was still a handsome young man who was not popular in the world.
Two years later, in "The Matrix", he played the "savior" Neo, which made him famous.
According to reports, the fourth part of the "Matrix" series last year has entered the post-production stage, and the friends are expected to see Neo return at the end of the year or next year!
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In this film, Keanu Reeves plays Kevin, an invincible young lawyer.
At the beginning of the film, Kevin is defending the innocence of a math teacher suspected of molesting a female student.
As the trial progresses, Kevin sees the client under the table and finds himself deceived.
How can someone who dares to resolve a "private issue" in such a serious place as a court of law not be guilty?
However, in order to maintain the record of "winning streak", he still vigorously defended him, accusing the students of joining forces with other students to slander the teacher.
Everyone thought it was an impossible case to reverse, but Kevin won with a brilliant defense.
Such a talent is favored by Milton (Al Pacino), the owner of a large law firm in New York.
He gave Kevin an unprecedented salary and benefits, and invited Kevin to bring his wife Mary to New York to develop.
What is the high society of New York?
High-rise buildings are the appearance of prosperity, and paper drunken fans are the true colors.
If you want to enter the "upper class", you must use power and wealth as a chip.
With the help of their bosses, the Kevins soon rose to the top.
In order to gain a foothold in this new world, Kevin must gain Milton's trust in completing the various cases he has assigned.
The first case was the defense of blacks who illegally slaughtered animals.
Kevin started with religious ceremonies, saying that the client only performed legal religious ceremonies and won a big victory.
A second case ensued: defending a real estate predator accused of murdering his wife, stepson, and nanny.
Predator is a big client of the firm, and the importance of this defense directly affects the company's capital flow.
This is a fantastic opportunity for Kevin.
If he succeeds, he will be able to strengthen people's hearts and minds and elevate his status.
Even though the case was quite tricky, Kevin wasn't entirely sure.
But Milton strongly recommended, how could Kevin back off?
At this time, he has slowly fallen into the case of breaking through the "moral bottom line" again and again, and the line between interests and justice has been blurred.
But he himself was unaware.
Unlike Kevin's integration, Mary felt more and more uncomfortable.
In order to enter the "noblewoman circle", she gave up her own opinion, and even chose the color of the walls of the new house to be beautiful in the eyes of the neighbors.
Kevin, on the other hand, gradually alienated her on the grounds that she was getting busier at work.
Even when the two were intimate, Kevin fantasized about the sexy female colleague of the company.
Once upon a time, the days of being with Kevin in small cities are gone.
Lonely, alienated, inaccessible circles... This made Mary's mental state worse and worse.
Even, there are hallucinations.
Kevin's mother and Milton both advised him to spend more time with Mary.
However, if he gives his wife time, he will not be able to concentrate on preparing for the "predator murder" that is extremely important to his career.
Vanity pushed him into the abyss of endless desire, and he gradually forgot himself and the woman he loved most, leaving only the shell wrapped in desire.
Even if he discovers that the rich merchant is the murderer.
For vanity, he fabricated false evidence and colluded with witnesses to prove that the rich businessman was not at the crime scene, in order to exonerate himself.
Just when Kevin wants to celebrate another "complete victory", he is told that his wife has a psychotic attack.
Mary cried to him with bruises that she had been raped by Milton.
But Kevin didn't believe it.
Because all afternoon, Milton was on the scene of the trial.
This was the last rope that saved Mary's life, but it was cut by "distrust."
Desperate, she can only be liberated by death.
On the day Mary committed suicide,
Kevin gets a shocking secret from his mother.
The climax of the whole film also begins here.
Milton is actually Kevin's father, but he is also the embodiment of Satan.
Once upon a time, Satan sowed "countless seeds" on earth.
Pass on your own bloodline and heirs.
Kevin's mother, a saint who believes in God, is also one of his seduction targets.
In the name of God, destroy the reputation of God.
Open the door to sin and let the sins of the world be freed without guilt.
Demons will eventually triumph over God, and this is Satan's perfect script.
Satan opened a speech criticizing God and praising himself for loving mankind and giving him absolute freedom.
But is there really absolute freedom?
The teacher, who was acquitted, killed the little girl.
Milton's arms business was in full swing, giving him an endless stream of wealth.
The source of wealth, on the other hand, is the life of a man who is treated like an ant.
Unrestricted freedom leads to the exploitation of the strong against the weak.
Satan's script is one step away from reaching its climax, which is that Kevin and his female colleagues who have sexual fantasies must be combined.
This female colleague is another daughter of Milton,
The two of them had the same blood on them.
Only two intercourse can produce excellent offspring for the Satanic family.
Kevin will face another choice, to go to the dark and satisfy his inner desires.
Or end life and end paternity to prevent this evil from spreading.
This time, he chose to die!
The flames of Satan's wrath, along with Kevin's death, burned the entire house, and all desires turned to dust.
Milton's face turned into Kevin.
Perhaps, all this is the materialization of Kevin's inner "clash of good and evil".
Nightmares first awaken.
He is back in the original trial of the math teacher's indecent assault case.
In his heart, we have seen the choices he has made.
If you think that's the end of it, it's a little boring!
The last scene of the film is meaningful.
A reporter wants to cover the exclusive inside story of Kevin's refusal to represent.
He told Kevin that the topic would push him to the top and make him famous in one fell swoop.
Kevin also gladly accepted the reporter's proposal.
However, when the figures of the Kevins disappeared, the reporter suddenly transformed into Milton's face.
He triumphantly uttered his famous words: "Vanity is my favorite original sin." ”
It is easy to break a thief in a mountain, but it is difficult to break a thief in a broken heart.
Kevin has entered a new reincarnation!
Satan is a story character in religious fables, but why not visualize the dark side of our hearts?
When we sing the praises of justice and fight against evil, can we accurately distinguish whether we are playing the role of "God" or "Satan"?
In the anonymized information age, a moral position can be judged by tapping the keyboard at will.
Everyone needs to inquire into their hearts and constantly reflect on the purpose of their actions in order to prevent the "devil" from taking advantage of the void.
As Nietzsche said,
"When fighting monsters, beware of becoming a monster yourself. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also stares at you. ”