Released in theaters on March 18, Lionsgate Films presents The Lincoln Lawyer starrring Matthew McConaughey who plays the role of criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. However, unlike most attorneys who work out of an office or a practice, Mickey serves his clientele right out the back seat of his chauffeured Lincoln. Upon starting the movie, the audience gets a full blast of Mickey’s confidence, and that his intention is to help those in need, whom have not seemed to commit anything that makes them dangerous to the public. Mickey clearly has his agenda together, as along with helping his clients, he is able to gain information from them to help the Los Angeles Police, and himself with later cases.
The plot takes a serious twist though, when Mickey is hired to represent Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe). A playboy throughout Beverly Hills, Roulet is a rich snob who reaps the benefits of his mother’s reality business and has been charged with rape and attempted murder. Phillippe, who plays Roulet with perfection, claims that he is not guilty and that the whole ordeal is a set up. But his tone of voice and consistent secrecy show that at first he is willing to hide key information in helping Mickey save his case.
As the story continues, Mickey finds himself in a complete hole when Roulet puts him in a check-mate situation. With a continuously brutalizing conscience, Mickey finds out that Roulet has not only lied to him, but it is guilty of more rape murders, and wants him to see justice. Though problems arise when Roulet has signed up Mickey to become a suspect in the murder of his own friend, of which he is innocent. McConaughey and Phillippe do a great job of contrasting each other throughout the film and make the end very interesting. Though he deals with what seem to be dirtbag criminals during the film, Mickey Haller emerges as a hero in the end.
With the amount of commentary and characters going about researching the case, and the continuous suspense, my senses stayed intrigued throughout the entire movie. No parts ever really seemed to get dull, but towards the end of the film I was able to get a grasp of how it would end. While Matthew McConaughey was forever trying to bail out of situations that incriminated him, he remained an iconic figure to root for. There were not any real slow parts to the film because the attention was almost focused on something important. I recommend that anyone of age (rated R) go see this movie if it is still in theaters, or be sure to buy/rent the film when it’s released on DVD