? As a suspense and legal producer, this film is very successful. Many people talk about the reversal and reversal of the case, the great impact brought by its unexpected ending and the satisfaction of epiphany. However, apart from the reversal of the movie ending, I would like to talk about the personality and style of Sir Wei Fei, the chief lawyer.
? Let me introduce the plot of this movie first. Sir Wei Fei, a famous lawyer, needs a rest for physical reasons. The nurse asked him to strictly observe a good life schedule and forbade him to smoke. When he just went home to recuperate, lawyer Merlin found that Sir Wei Fei was carrying an interesting murder case, which aroused his great interest. Interestingly, Sir Wei Fei refused to take any more criminal cases, but he chose to listen to Merlin and his clients to suit the cigars in their pockets. The client, Wall, was accused of killing his new rich woman. Wall insisted that he was innocent and asked Sir Wei Fei to defend him.
? Wall claimed that his acquaintance with the rich woman was accidental. Because he recommended the hat to the rich woman, the rich woman also praised the eggbeater he invented, and the two became acquainted. They often meet at the rich woman's house, but he didn't know that the rich woman loved him, so he changed his will and gave him 80 thousand pounds. Besides, although he met with the rich woman the night she died, he returned home before her death and accidentally cut his wrist while cutting bread. Although only his wife, Christine, testified for everything that Wall said, Sir Wei Fei recognized Wall's innocence with his unique glasses test (using the reflection of glasses to illuminate each other's eyes and ask sharp questions quickly), and became interested in this extremely difficult defense case and promised to defend him.
? According to Wall's account, his wife Christine loves him very much, but in the contact between Wall and Christine, it is found that Christine is extremely cold and calm, unlike her husband who is worried about being caught in a murder case. In the first trial, Christine also made a surprising speech. She testified that Wal-Mart lied. Wal-Mart didn't get home before the rich woman died, but during her death. Covered in blood, she admitted to her that she had killed the rich woman. Christine talked about having a husband before Wall. She only married Wall and settled in England. This proof made the audience talk a lot. In the first trial, although Sir Wei Fei refuted the opposing lawyer many times with extremely professional and high-end skills, the testimony of the police, the servant of the rich woman and Christine was extremely unfavorable to Wall.
? Just when all the evidence was against Wall, Sir Wei Fei received a phone call from a woman who claimed that she had received a letter from Christine and her lover. It is mentioned in these letters that Christine eloped with her lover in order to get rid of Wall and committed perjury. Sir Wei Fei bought letters from women and used them to design a trap. In the final trial, he proved that Christine was a lying woman and excused Wall.
? If the story ends here, it is obviously not exciting enough. Although the highly logical debate in the film is enjoyable, the ending is still mediocre, so there is the first reversal. Wall was released in court, and Christine stepped forward to hug and celebrate with him. The testimony of a wife who deeply loves her husband obviously cannot be used as evidence of her husband's innocence, but the wife can prove her husband's innocence by lying and identifying him as the murderer. So Christine played a play, in which she first declared that she didn't love Wall and identified Wall as the murderer. Then she disguised herself and gave the prepared fake letter to Sir Wei Fei, so that Sir Wei Fei could reveal her true face as a "hypocritical" woman and make the jury think that Wall was innocent. The wonderful play was a great success, and Sir Wei Fei became their greatest weapon. So, did Sir Waverly lose? Is the story over?
? Of course not. Just when Christine thought she was the final winner, another woman appeared. This woman went to the travel agency with Wal-Mart and asked about the luxury package. This is also evidence against Wal-Mart, but Wal-Mart explained that it was only because of vanity, not because he knew in advance that he would have an inheritance of 80,000 pounds. Sir Wei Fei believes, the jury believes, and so does Christine. However, this is really false. Wall is about to enjoy an 80,000-pound luxury package with this woman, while Christine has been in prison for perjury in court for several years. Christine, who loves Wal-Mart, collapsed on the spot. The woman and Wal-Mart were in high spirits, while Sir Wei Fei watched. Did Christine lose?
? This is the clever plot setting. Christine stabbed Wall to death in the court that just finished the trial. Interestingly, this knife is the bread knife that the man claimed to cut his wrist. Christine noticed this knife because Sir Wei Fei reflected the light on it with his glasses. In the end, Wall was stabbed to death, Christine was arrested, and Sir Wei Fei, who was about to defend the arrested Christine, was "tried" because she didn't kill anyone.
? Speaking of which, you should be able to see the intensity of the climax at the end of the movie. I really can't restrain my inner excitement when I watch it. As a suspense film, this film really hung my appetite, and the excitement and excitement it brought me lasted for several hours. However, when I calmed down, I found that what I had been thinking about was not the triple reversal of the movie ending, but Sir Wei Fei's last words, that is, he thought Christine was on trial and he would defend her.
? Why?
? As a well-known lawyer who is about to retire, he actually won what can be called the last criminal case in his career, and played quite beautifully. If he didn't defend Christine, it would be difficult for Wall's case to be overturned. He could retire with all the honors and enjoy retirement in a villa in the suburbs, but he didn't. In my understanding, from his glasses reflecting light on the blade to his decision to defend Christine, these two choices are because he is a true defender of justice and he is willing to give up other things for justice.
? Looking back at the whole movie, we will find that from the beginning, Sir Wei Fei fought for justice. He took a polygraph on Wall, thinking that Wall was innocent but difficult to get out, so he chose to defend Wall. During the execution of the case, he will doubt his own judgment because the case goes too smoothly, thus becoming wary. Finally, he defended Christine. Although Christine is not really innocent, in a sense, she is also a victim. It can be said that from beginning to end, Sir Wei Fei was a lawyer with great sense of justice and wisdom. His cleverness not only means that he has excellent and professional debating skills, but also means that he always has the spirit of "doubt", dares to overturn his own judgment, dares to admit his mistakes and dares to remedy them.
Maybe some people can't understand the value of Sir Wei Fei's behavior, but I don't think they have realized the real evil side of human nature. As ordinary people, we sometimes defend our mistakes for so-called face, vanity, fear, luck and so on. Instead of correcting them, they try their best to find evidence to prove their "innocence." As a well-known lawyer, it is a huge mistake to successfully defend the murderer in a life-threatening lawsuit. He may be attacked, his reputation damaged and his quiet life destroyed. Besides, the evidence in this case is insufficient, and the client is dead. As long as Sir Wei Fei doesn't come forward, it will be difficult to reverse his conviction, that is to say, he may not have to spend too much effort to cover up his false evidence. But he didn't. That is great courage.
Therefore, this film brought me not only the satisfaction and excitement brought by an excellent suspense film, but also a strong need for self-reflection and self-moral restraint. In the future, I also hope to face up to my mistakes and choose to admit and remedy, rather than escape and sink in.