凯文（Keanu Reeves饰）是个保持不败记录的年轻律师，娇妻相伴，事业有为的他宛如生活在天堂一般。受到纽约著名事务所的邀请，他携妻子来到纽约。奢华的生活近在眼前，一切似乎都昭示着明天的坦途与光明。 老板米尔顿（Al Pacino饰）对凯文非常赏识，不断地委以重任，同时也带他见识了五光十色的世界。面临着工作的压力和色情，名利各个方面的诱惑，凯文渐渐的迷失在生活中，甚至忽视了妻子精神上的反常。直到失常的妻子自刎在他的臂弯中，凯文才猛然意识到身边的危机。 凯文愤怒的指责米尔顿给他设下陷阱。然而，究竟是魔鬼的诱惑还是内心的虚荣将凯文引向今日的迷雾与深渊？自由意志下凯文又会做出怎样的抉择？Devil's Advocate thematically raises the preposition that 'is winning everything' in the legal profession.Does a lawyer commits the basic sin of Vanity if he believes his job is to win, as Kevin does. Further the movie in John Milton's trenchant speech questions the very notion of righteousness in the post-modern world. Milton's speech rips apart the whole discourse of religion when he presents the inherent contradiction of it. Kevin's dilemma reflects the modern man who accuses the circumstances for being what he is,the culture dominated by making money 'which build egos of the size of cathedral', the question is can one really call what one does 'freely-willed'?. The movie deals with these 'Hamltian questions' in a lawyer's mind.
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