- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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2 out of 5
You can see how the writer pitched this project: The Exorcist meets John Grisham. Keanu Reeves plays a hotshot lawyer from Florida who's lured to a New York law firm run by Al Pacino. Pacino's character name, John Milton, is an unsubtle signpost to the diabolical turn of events in a movie that sways unsteadily between a debate over good and evil and a half-successful attempt at black comedy. It's the heavy-handed dropping of clues, including supernatural visions from Reeves's ignored wife, Charlize Theron, that makes the eventual revelation a very tardy one as far as the viewer is concerned. There isn't a single scene that's remotely believable, but the whole concoction, right down to the Ghost Busters finale, is mindlessly enjoyable and directed by Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) with po-faced urgency.
Plot Summary
Supernatural thriller starring Keanu Reeves as high-flying Florida-based attorney Kevin Lomax, whose career-boosting move to a New York law firm run by John Milton (Al Pacino) has ominous repercussions.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Kevin Lomax
- Keanu Reeves
- John Milton
- Al Pacino
- Mary Ann Lomax
- Charlize Theron
- Eddie Barzoon
- Jeffrey Jones
- Mrs Lomax
- Judith Ivey
- Christabella
- Connie Nielsen
- Alexander Cullen
- Craig T Nelson
- Jackie Heath
- Tamara Tunie
- Barbara
- Heather Matarazzo
- Don King
- Don King
Crew
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
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