Keanu Reeves

Al Pacino

Charlize Theron

Jeffrey Jones

Judith Ivey

Connie Nielsen

Craig T. Nelson

Tamara Tunie

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Debra Monk

Vyto Ruginis

Laura Harrington

Pamela Gray

George Wyner

Chris Bauer

Connie Embesi

Jonathan Cavallary

Heather Matarazzo

Murphy Guyer

Leo Burmester

Bill Moor

Neal Jones

Eddie Aldridge

Mark Deakins

Rony Clanton

George O. Gore II

Alan Manson

Brian Poteat

Daniel Oreskes

Kim Chan

Caprice Benedetti

Don King

Ray Garvey

Rocco Musacchia

Susan Kellermann

James Saito

Harsh Nayyar

Mohammad Ghaffari

Nicki Cochrane

Fenja Klaus

Gino Lucci

Novella Nelson

Vincent Laresca

Benny Nieves

Franci Leary

Gloria Lynne Henry

Jorge Navarro

Tomatito

Antonio Vargas Cortés

Elena Camunez Andújar

Monica Keena

Linda Atkinson

William Hill

Juan Carlos Hernández

Wei Mei Wong

E. Katherine Kerr

Liza Harris

Bill Boggs

Bo Rucker

Michael Lombard

Marc Manfro

J. Nester

John Rothman

George Sperdakos

Hollis Granville

Edward Seamon

Patrick Joseph Byrnes

Gregory Lichtenson

Socorro Santiago

Marcia DeBonis

Marie Stuart Vassallo

Tom Riis Farrell

Harold Surratt

Alfonse D'amato

Charles A. Gargano

Lou Rudin

Ernie Grunfeld

Alan Grubman

Al Cerullo

Rich Campbell

Cliff Hackford

Dave Noyes

Mike Nugent

Al Santoriello

Paul Benedict

Delroy Lindo

Alison Miller

Taylor Hackford

Andrew Neiderman

Jonathan Lemkin

Tony Gilroy

Jim Magdaleno

Rob Bottin

Mark Warner

James Newton Howard

Anne Kopelson

Arnold Kopelson

Arnon Milchan

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Barry Bernardi

Erwin Stoff

Michael Tadross

Mary Colquhoun

Nancy Klopper

Steve White

Ariana Lingenfelser

Sandy Wasko

Stephen Joel Brown

Bruno Rubeo

Dennis Bradford

Roberta J. Holinko

Judianna Makovsky

Julia G. Hickman

Gary Kosko

Ken Nelson

Dave Weinman

Rick Broderman

Vern Nobles

Dennis Gamiello

Rodney Bauer

Gregory Lundsgaard

Brian Hamill

Kate Edwards

Aldo Signoretti

Angel De Angelis

LuAnn Claps

Neal Martz

Frank McKenna

Brooks Baldwin

Carlos Arguello

Robert Jepson

Roland Blancaflor

Erica L. Hiller

Deborah Sullivan

Michael Scott

Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink

Gary Davis

Bill Anagnos

Ralph Volpe

Kevin McKenna

Chris DeAngelis

Burtt Harris

Dale E. Grahn

Constance A. Kazmer

Steven Ramirez

Brian Fitzsimons

James J. Ferris

Michael Laws

Jay Laws

Michael Finnerty

Ken Connors

Elizabeth Marx

Christopher DeFaria

Jan Foster

Lynda Van Damm

Betty Chin

Barbara Michels

Chris Jargo

Kim Maitland

Bob Bowman

David Olson

Jeff Atmajian

Shawn Murphy

Per Hallberg

Christopher Assells

Tod A. Maitland

Marie-Josee Auclair

Carla Attanasio

Aisling O'Brien

Rob Hodgson

Mark Shostrom

Maria Norman

Marcia Patten

Denise Leibee

Luigi Rocchetti

Carole Dubuc

Shawn Griffith

John K. Adams

Thomas J. O'Connell

Kevin Bartnof

Eric Gotthelf

Craig S. Jaeger

John Scheele

Fortunato Frattasio

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

The Devil's Advocate

Monarchy Enterprises B.V.

Regency Enterprises

Kopelson Entertainment

New Regency Pictures

Taurus Film

Warner Bros. Pictures

Germany

United States of America

Apparently I saw this before (had a rating on my computer program) but didn't really remember much of it. A bit uneven between a serious drama with supernatural fantasy, but I had fun with these performances by Reeves and Pacino (forgot how normal he once looked) and never a bad thing with Charlize Theron and Connie Nielsen being there for the obvious reasons. Not great and could've cut some of the running time but still found it somewhat entertaining. **3.5/5**

OK, full disclosure, I have a thing for Al Pacino. I'll watch just about anything he's in and...if he screams and yells a monologue in it, if he delivers a diatribe of rage....yeah I get flashbacks to him screaming: "I'd take a flame thrower to this place" and roll my eyes back like a shark in a feeding frenzy.

Oh, yeah, almost forgot, Keanu is in this one too...but for a good slice of the film he doesn't play the most savory of characters and, really, honestly, he just seems too nice to play a lawyer...

...but despite that he does a pretty good job of exhibiting the ego that has to come with the law profession...just not the vile evilness. So, I can't totally fault him for miscast as I could for Dracula.

Jeffery Jones is in there too and due to recent revelations he totally fits the sleazy lawyer role.

But yeah, 1997, the 90s had a way with films that was only really beaten by the 70s and The Devil's Advocate is one of those films that could really only be made in those two decades. Stand alone horror not intended as a franchise piece and one with a twist that asks you to think a little.

No way that would be made today and that is a shame.

I could tout its glory, but really, honestly, the movie could have stank and I wouldn't care thanks to Pacino screaming "I'm a fan of man!" It's worth the watch.

CinemaSerf

If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is... That's what "Kevin" (Keanu Reeves) must learn to appreciate after he is offered a dream job at a prestigious New York legal firm by "Milton" (Al Pacino). The potential wealth and the status of his new career path bring out the green-eyed monster in him and together with his reluctant wife "Mary-Ann" (Charlize Theron) they are soon living it up in their penthouse apartment with plenty of money but an increasingly dwindling amount of time together. She starts to cool on their arrangement and wants to return to Florida but pretty soon it's clear that "Kevin" is addicted - and not to her! Pacino is on good form here as it becomes clear just who his character is, and how adeptly he is pulling all the strings and manoeuvring his new charge into a position that might suggest that the clue is in the title! Now as a life-long lover of the baddie in films, I felt a bit let down by the ending. Faust it isn't - but, to be fair, it still goes as close as Hollywood will probably ever go in portraying a characterisation of the epitome of evil (and offering a wonderful critique on vanity being the downfall of mankind) that actually has a fighting chance of prevailing! Reeves is not the finest actor to grace our screens. Easy on the eye, certainly, but somehow he's just a bit too lightweight here. That might be because, however, Pacino is very much in his element and even though it can drag at times during the almost 2½ hour running time, it's a remarkably compelling ride that still holds up quite well.