The wicked need the wicked

Paris 2022-01-25 08:08:44

Villain lawyer Mick Haller is played by handsome Matthew McConaughey. He is a character that is both good and evil, and he also has many friends in the industry. He dare not say that he can help the wind and call the rain, but resources in all aspects finally helped him complete the big reversal and beat the villain. Marisa Tomei, who plays Mick's ex-wife Maggie, also has an impressive image of an intellectual mature woman.

The tone of the film is a bit gloomy, the protagonist gradually falls into a big crisis, and the good partner investigator also dies. Justice for the innocence of innocents is never easy to achieve. But seeking procedural justice in the dark is what the film wants to reflect.

Since it is in the name of the mount, the Lincoln sedan and driver whose license plate is "NTGUILTY" (that is, innocent) are very recognizable. Very interesting little detail.

Finally, in the version I watched on Youku, the translation was completely in the Hong Kong style of TVB's Pearl 930, which can be regarded as nostalgic.

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The Lincoln Lawyer quotes

  • [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]