Hollywood isn't known for its satanic subtlety. Angel Heart's Prince Of Darkness hid behind the very cunning alias Louis Cypher; while the Infernal Lord in The Witches Of Eastwick went by the dubious name of Daryl Van Horne. So it's hardly surprising that Devil's Advocate gives us John Milton (inspired by the poet who wrote the Heaven versus Hell epic, Paradise Lost) - a silver-tongued lawyer who has a suspiciously hot office, a string of cultist clients, and a fondness for travelling underground on the subway. He is the Devil: it's obvious 30 minutes in, and even if it isn't, the film's title yells the fact with all the sophistication of an Al-Pacino-is-Satan T-shirt.
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