The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
Film details
Drama · Crime · David E. Kelley
Synopsis
Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
Verdict
Adult legal thriller: moderate violence and strong language without an ideological agenda.
In-depth analysis
The series constructs a classic legal thriller that explores the tensions of the American criminal justice system without resorting to ideological sermons. Mickey Haller is a defense attorney who works from his Lincoln, defending difficult cases with ingenuity and determination. The narrative does not evade moral complexity: the protagonist defends guilty parties because he believes in due process, not because he relativizes good and evil. Violence is contextual to the crime genre—shootings, threats, crime scenes—without gratuitous sadism. The language is adult and direct, characteristic of the legal and carceral environment. There is romantic tension and references to the protagonist's past relationships, but without explicit sexual content.
For parents: it is a work for mature viewers who can distinguish between the professional role of a defense attorney and moral relativism. The series does not promote deconstructive agendas, but demands a formed discernment so as not to confuse the complexity of the legal system with the absence of moral truth.