A movie which started out for me as a Tom Hanks winner gave me much much more. Denzel Washington was in his comfortable best dishing out the dialogues he has epitomized in Hollywood.

This is about a struggle, of a promising young counsel(lawyer as few others call them) against people who hired him for his skills and later threw him out of the company. The basis of the protagonist getting fired gets the centerpiece of attention. There were no flashy dialogues on the part of Hanks nor was Washington's over the top dialogue delivery very prominent. The blend of two styles of acting was the best combination.

What proceeds next is the struggle against prejudices in the society,and at its time, it was a valid point to cut across. Direction, screenplay all were just correct. In a normal motion picture, it was a strong message!