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故事講述一名耿直、充滿理想主義的洛杉磯律師羅曼（丹佐華盛頓 飾演），在他的長期搭檔意外過世後，新的合夥律師（科林法洛 飾演）不擇手段的處事態度，讓羅曼身陷一系列混亂事件之中，為了脫離危機他必須採取非常手段……。

ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. is a dramatic thriller set in the underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defense attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action. Colin Farrell costars as the monied, cutthroat lawyer who recruits Roman to his firm.