The Client

Min Ji 11/17/03
Criminal Justice
Movie Critic on the Client

The Client was a movie about two children who witness a suicide. After discovering where the body of a recently murdered senator was buried through a discussion with a famous mafia lawyer named Jerome Clifford, Mark Sway (the older of the two boys) gets involved with an investigation revolving around the mob and the D.A. His only hope is a lawyer named Reggie Love, who will doing anything to protect him. Through various actions of characters in the movie, this movie clearly shows both criminal and civil laws.
The Client effectively showed criminal laws, as actions from the mob, the D.A. and even Mark Sway clearly demonstrate. Sway, while in an elevator was threatened by a mob member with a knife in order to keep silent. This could easily be seen as a felony, as Sway was put in a life threatening...