Violation of the law, the obscenity of justice

Miller 2022-04-20 09:01:29

In fact, aside from the plot and acting skills of this movie (all of them are beyond brilliant), I just say that the American legal system is very interesting to me. It gives both sides a lot of room for defense The ability of eloquence and logic lawyers is very important! Of course, there have been many controversial verdicts, although it can be argued that this is also due to the attitude of giving criminal suspects a never-before-seen attitude, but there are also some people who feel inclined to the rich side. Rich lawyers are good. .
This is very different from the Celestial Dynasty. Before the trial of the Celestial Dynasty, it was decided directly, right? The "guilty people" are directly punished, deprived of political rights, and not defended, right?
We live in a system that will always tell you that it makes the right decisions. Then one day we suddenly realize that everything is just a fabrication and justice is just a guise used by individuals to deceive. Do you have the urge to overturn the system? Even if you don't overturn it, you will at least do something like the lawyer in the film. . . .
The lawyer may seem noble, but he is also a man of flesh and blood! Real people have their own values. I don't know if any lawyers who help bad people escape legal punishment will not be able to sleep at night, but I know that everyone's measure of justice is different!
From a movie point of view, it is generally said that people like to watch court battles, and those impeccable bad lawyers are even more eloquent. They always have the initiative and are superior everywhere, making the audience both envious and evil. Unconsciously, the audience has become a sympathetic and defense jury in court. I feel that the law itself is unfair and always allows the real perpetrators to go unpunished, but the mood of the film itself is still positive. So when Mickey finally kills the rich second generation who tried to frame and play with him, and frees the innocent, the audience will still find it enjoyable.
But if it is a lawyer who is greedy for money and power, it is estimated that this film will be another result. Are there still few such things that are related to the real world?
In China, if justice is a scale, with lawyers standing at one end, then there are countless RMB at the other end.
Finally, once I thought I was always on the side of justice, now I find I was wrong and I try to salvage it all. . .
If, one day, you find a lawyer dead on the street, please remember that he is on the side of justice, not self-righteous justice, but real justice!

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  • [Mick, armed with a baseball bat, discovers Louis has broken into his house]

    Louis Roulet: [sitting casually in Mick's home office] If you're wondering how I got in, I'm in real estate, so if I want to get into a friend's house...

    Mick Haller: No, we're not friends. You're my client. And I'm your lawyer.

    Louis Roulet: My lawyer. See, that's exactly what I wanted to remind you of. I'm about to go on trial, and yet I couldn't reach you. Now I find out where you were all day. Heard you tell Maggie.

    Mick Haller: You shit.

    Louis Roulet: You went to see Jesus Martinez. And I know what you talked about: Donna Renteria. You're right, Mick. I killed her. There. No reason I shouldn't tell my own lawyer since it's all confidential. Attorney-client privilege. Isn't that what you told me?

    Mick Haller: It's time for you to go, Louis.

    Louis Roulet: Alright.

    [He sits up, finishes his drink, and stands up. He notices a framed picture of Mick & his daughter Hayley on Mick's desk]

    Louis Roulet: [walks out into the living room] That's a cute picture of your daughter Hayley. She's very pretty. She's got soccer practice tomorrow, right?

    Mick Haller: [following Louis] Don't.

    Louis Roulet: [pretending to be confused] Don't what?

    Mick Haller: [gets in Louis' face] You think you're the first client to threaten me and my family? Huh?

    Louis Roulet: All I said was she's pretty.

    Mick Haller: Are you scared, Louis? Because where you are right now, you're in a very dangerous place.

    [He opens the front door and Louis leaves]

  • Mick Haller: [sitting on Maggie's front porch as Louis approaches him] Hello, Louis. My family's here.

    Louis Roulet: I know.

    Mick Haller: You bring your knife? My gun?

    Louis Roulet: Maybe.

    Mick Haller: Good.

    [pulls his new gun out of his coat pocket]

    Mick Haller: 'Cause I brought this. You've got one chance to turn around and leave.

    Louis Roulet: [stepping closer] And then what? You gonna keep coming back every night? Every day? Or just try to get me sent up to San Quentin like Jesus Martinez?

    Mick Haller: No. I'm not quitting until Martinez is free and you're convicted of murder. And when that needle goes in your arm, that will be me.

    [nods]

    Louis Roulet: [as a commuter train passes by in the background] Well, why don't you just shoot me right now?

    Mick Haller: I don't think I'll have to.

    [looks out towards the street]

    Louis Roulet: [turns around] Hey!

    [Eddie Vogel and his biker gang pull up and start vandalizing Louis' car with baseball bats]

    Louis Roulet: That's my car!

    [a biker rides up from behind and hits Louis with a baseball bat, knocking him to the sidewalk]

    Biker: It's Louis' car, man!

    [the bikers continue vandalizing Louis' car as Mick gets up and walks to the street]

    Biker: Come on, now. Get him up. Get up!

    [another biker grabs Louis and drags him out into the middle of the street]

    Mick Haller: Hospital, not the morgue.

    [Eddie gives Mick a two-finger salute as his posse beats up Louis and Mick walks away]