Best Movies Coming to Netflix in February 2022

By the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Al Pacino had accomplished his transformation from the restrained, internalized younger thespian who rocketed to fame in The Godfather to the loud, scenery-chewing showstopper of movies like Scent of a Girl and Scarface. So it solely made sense for Pacino to ultimately painting essentially the most brazen showman of all, the Satan himself, in director Taylor Hackford’s movie model of Andrew Neiderman’s 1990 novel.

Pacino’s Devil, below the title John Milton (look it up), heads a New York Metropolis legislation agency that makes a speciality of defending distasteful shoppers. He recruits hotshot Florida lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves, stiff as at all times) to hitch the agency, transferring Lomax and his wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) to the Huge Apple and instantly setting about corrupting Kevin’s soul.

The thought of a robust authorized agency run by Devil is sort of begging for satire, however the movie performs it remarkably straight, leading to a couple of real chills. Even Pacino is comparatively laid again till the bonkers third act, which options flames, demons, Theron and Connie Nielsen within the nude, and Pacino bellowing his massive monologue prefer it’s the final he’ll ever give. A little bit lengthy and overripe, The Satan’s Advocate is nonetheless a enjoyable horror look ahead to a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Donnie Brasco (1997)

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Donnie Brasco won’t be one of many all-time nice crime thrillers, nevertheless it is among the most underrated ones. Directed by Mike Newell—sure, that Mike Newell from 4 Weddings and a Funeral—Brasco presents a rollicking account of some of the in depth FBI undercover operations in its conflict with the mafia. Johnny Depp performs the person who calls himself Brasco, a streetwise patriot who should reside with the concern of being found for years, and with the unlikely sense of camaraderie and friendship that may develop between himself and a midlevel man who by no means made it far, Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino).

It’s a high notch thriller with very good performances within the margins, together with from the late nice Bruno Kirby.