The Conflicts of Iniquity

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:18) This quote from the Bible becomes the foundation for the lives of Kevin Lomax and Mary Ann. In the film, The Devil’s Advocate, director Taylor Hackford presents to his audience the struggle between good and evil. At the inception of the film, Lomax and Mary Ann are the epitome of innocence, whose virtue becomes tainted because of the devil’s favorite sin, vanity. Lomax, a small time lawyer from Gainesville Florida, is lured through the deception and temptation of Eric Milton, into a luxurious life sugarcoated with evil, in the sinful city of New York. Lomax, a trial attorney who never loses becomes engulfed by obsession and self love through the wickedness of the Devil, who is played by Milton. However, Lomax is being assisted by the devil for he is his son. Hackford is masterful at displaying the fight between the natural and the unnatural thr...