Mickey spends most of his time defending small time ordinary criminals until one day he hits the jackpot in his biggest case to date which comes in the form of Ryan Phillipe, who plays Louis Roulet, a rich playboy from Beverly Hills who is accused of brutally beating a prostitute and attempting to murder her. The case seems pretty cut and dry until Roulet slips up and Haller starts to become suspicious of his new client. With the help of his own private detective played by William H Macy, Haller starts to dig deeper and finds that the injuries sustained to the current victim are very similar to the injuries sustained to the supposed murder victim of a previous client he defended by the name of Jesus Martinez played by Michael Pena who always professed his innocence. Haller begins to dig even deeper and gets drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse all the while confronting his own demons due to an innocent client being sent to prison.
Going by recent history I didn't expect this sort of performance from McConaughey as he usually takes on the role of an adventurer or the lead in a rom-com which don't really test his acting skills to their full potential. But in this role he has to push himself a little more instead of just floating thorough the performance without a care. I must say I was very pleasantly surprised by his performance. Backed up by a stellar supporting cast including Marisa Tomei and William H Macy who both put in good performances along with Ryan Phillipe who plays a very convincing villain all the way to Michael Pena who although only has a small part still does the role justice.
Overall the film is very entertaining and does the novel it was based on justice unlike many other films that have gone down the same route. It has enough twists and turns to keep the viewer gripped and the acting in the film makes it all the more appealing to go and watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU4ReVEemN0
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