His winning streak causes him to cross paths with John Milton Al Pacino who eventually recruits him. Kevin allows himself to lose. At the institution Mary Ann commits suicide by cutting her throat with a shard of glass. Kevin helps the douchebag win the case clearly knowing that he is guilty of murder. 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. Even though Kevin knows his client is guilty, he is more focused on winning the case.
He indulges in vanity, specifically — excessive pride in his abilities as a lawyer to find loopholes and winning cases. Cast: , , , , , , , Director: Genres: , , Production Co: Warner Brothers, Kopelson Entertainment, New Regency Pictures Keywords: , , , , , , ,. Kevin confronts John who admits to everything. He reveals himself to be the devil and has seen evil in Kevin and wants him to father the Antichrist with his half sister. He offers Kevin a big job and a big apartment in Manhattan.
Kevin finds her there and when she explains John attacked her, Kevin loses it because he had been with John all day at court. As the movie progresses they both find that appearances can be very deceiving. 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. When I say strange, I mean supernatural. He and his pregnant wife played by Charlize Theron, pick up and move from their country living for the city life. 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.
Kevin is unable to accept defeat as it hurts his pride — vanity. The scene in the bathroom. He gets a call to help select a jury for an upcoming case. Mary Ann starts seeing demons everywhere. The main character, played by Keanu Reeves, is a slick talking lawyer whose vocabulary does not even include the word lose.
Kevin accepts and moves with his wife. Winning is everything to him. But in the end, when the reporter pleads Kevin for an interview, promising to make him a star, Kevin gives in to vanity once again and accepts. When Kevin sees the wounds, he admits Mary Ann to a mental institution. Kevin Lomax is a hotshot southern lawyer who knows how to play the game. Ending Explained Time rewinds back to the bathroom scene. As always, things go extremely well at first.
This is the important scene. She runs to a church. It stars Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron in lead roles. Kevin gets involved in a case defending a billionaire douchebag who is accused of killing his wife, kid and maid. Reeves is finding success in his defense of some questionable characters and Theron is finding joy nesting in their new lavish apartment.
He only finds himself on the receiving end of trouble when his boss is the Devil himself and has some treacherous plans up his sleeve for Kevin. The story is centred around Kevin Keanu , a defense attorney who has never lost a single case. After this, his popularity grows even further. 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. The head of the firm, for which he helps pick the jury, is John Milton. .
Kevin yelps looking at his reflection. Everything that happens in the film after this is Kevin imagining what would happen if he went out and defended his child-molesting client. All that you saw after the bathroom scene is a play out of the metaphor. He gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is offered a job with a law firm that promises many opportunities. Plot Explained Right, so this is not a film that has any supernatural events. The Devil's Advocate is the age old story of good versus evil and the gift of free will.
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. Kevin is excessively involved at work and is unable to give Mary Ann any time. He takes his wife to the Big Apple in hopes of a better life and a good job. Kevin continues to indulge in vanity as it is part of his core nature. In spite of John telling Kevin that he will back him, Kevin uses false testimony and wins the case. The first case we are shown is Kevin defending a school teacher who is accused of child molestation.
Reeves is offered a high powered attorney position in a prestigious New York law firm, one that is almost to good to be true. Dealing with the stress of his new job proves to be straining on his home life and his marriage becomes to crumble as a result added to the fact that something seems just a little off with Reeve's new boss and company. One who would like to see evil spread. Mary Ann imagines John attacking her inflicting cut wounds all over her body. Even though Kevin throws the case, he still wants to be the star and accepts the interview. Kevin is a defense attorney who has never lost a case. Kevin chooses free will and shoots himself, kills himself.