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Devil's Advocate thematically raises the preposition that 'is winning everything' in the legal profession.Does a lawyer commits the basic sin of Vanity if he believes his job is to win, as Kevin does. Further the movie in John Milton's trenchant speech questions the very notion of righteousness in the post-modern world. Milton's speech rips apart the whole discourse of religion when he presents the inherent contradiction of it. Kevin's dilemma reflects the modern man who accuses the circumstances for being what he is,the culture dominated by making money 'which build egos of the size of cathedral', the question is can one really call what one does 'freely-willed'?. The movie deals with these 'Hamltian questions' in a lawyer's mind.

In Paris in 1832, three men - De Villefort, the prefect of police, Maillard, and Danglars - conspire to bilk the people by supplying unsafe medicine against a plague that is raging through the city. They are often thwarted in their efforts by The Avenger, the masked leader of an underground movement. De Villefort suspects that The Avenger is actually the Count of Monte Cristo but cannot prove it. One night, however, when The Avenger steals a supply of the bad medicine, he is wounded on his left hand. Believing that he can now trap the count, De Villefort invites him and his wife Haydee to dinner. The count realizes that the invitation is a trap and leaves secretly for his hunting lodge, while Haydee plans to attend the dinner alone….

Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.