The Devil’s Advocate
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1997 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Taylor Hackford |
| Cast | Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey |
| Genre | Occult thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Devil’s Advocate | – |
| Español | – | – |
| Français | – | – |
| Deutsch | – | – |
| Português | – | – |
| Italiano | – | – |
| Русский | – | – |
| 中文（简体） | – | – |
| 中文（繁體） | – | – |
| 한국어 | – | – |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | – | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | – | – |
| 日本語 | ディアボロス/悪魔の扉 | Diaborosu Akuma no Tobira |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which professional ambition and moral free will collide within a satanic legal power system
■ Synopsis
A gifted lawyer is drawn into a powerful New York law firm where success, vanity, corruption, and demonic temptation converge.
■ RECIPE Tags
#FaustianTemptation #AmbitionAndCorruption #FreeWillTrial #InstitutionalEvil
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Ambition as invitation
Reason: Professional success becomes the first door through which temptation enters.
Related Film: Wall Street - Middle: Institution as moral trap
Reason: The elite workplace rewards victory while isolating conscience, family, and restraint.
Related Film: The Firm - Core: Can free will resist the devil
Reason: The final conflict turns on whether desire, vanity, and bloodline can override moral choice.
Related Film: Faust
■ Secondary Axes
- Satanic social system: Evil operates through status, influence, family, and respectable surfaces.
Related Film: Rosemary’s Baby - Hidden guilt structure: The protagonist is forced toward a concealed spiritual truth behind worldly events.
Related Film: Angel Heart
■ Person
- Director: Taylor Hackford
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey
■ Structural Tags
#TemptationStructure #InstitutionalCorruption #FreeWillConflict
■ Attribute Tags
#1997Film #AmericanFilm #OccultThrillerFilm
