Warning: Major spoilers
In “The Devil’s Advocate” (see cast), the 1997 supernatural horror film, reminds me of Trump.
It is about a young successful Floridian lawyer who never lost a case. He is played by Keanu Reeves. He goes to New York City to work for a major firm. His wife, played by Charleze Theron, begins to have frightening visions.
Reeves then begins to realize the owner of the firm, a scene chewing malicious but delightful Al Pacino, is the Devil.
One thing leads to another with lots of hints that Paradise Lost was an inspiration. This is the epic poem by John Milton . It is based on the Book of Genesis and is about Adam and Eve and how they and how they came to lose their place in the Garden of Eden. Of course they weren’t after power, if my limited understanding of the Bible is correct the apple represented knowledge.
The movie has the overall theme of the consequences of making a Faustian bargain. Although Faust trades his soul to the Devil in trade for knowledge it now usually means to make the bargain for power or money.
Just when the Devil is sure he has won, Reeves does something totally unexpected which ruins the Devil's plan. Like in “Rosemarys Baby” (a far better movie which I consider a classic of the genre) the Devil needed to produce a progeny who would be the anti-Christ bringing about the End of Times. As he is about to consummate the sex act with his half-sister Christabella Andreoli who was the daughter of Satan and his half-sister/temptress. She was played by Connie Nielsen.
Reeves takes out the gun he earlier tried unsuccessfully to shoot the Devil with and he shoots himself in the head.
This causes a special effects meltdown so you think the Devil has been thwarted. The Devil goes up in flames and demon statues which adorned the wall of the room writh in agony.
However, this being a supernatural movie Reeve isn’t really dead. It was his willingness to sacrifice his life that redeemed him.
Then he ends up back in court and resigns as a brutal child rapist’s lawyer who he is about to get off. The judge is shocked and angered at this legal breech.
Reeves has regained his conscience. His act assured he would be disbarred.
Thus the soon to be disbarred Reeves is redeemed, or so you would think.
But then the following happens:
These are the last words in the movie spoken by Pacino as he had once again lured Keanu Reeves into sin by posing as a reporter promising to make him famous again:
"Vanity, definitely my favorite sin."
In essence, he was saying narcissism was his favorite sin.
He could have been talking about Donald Trump.
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