Rudy Baylor, a young lawyer who just came out of an ivory tower, still has his original intentions in mind when facing all cases. So he refuses to rush into a ward in the hospital to file a case; so he doesn't think about helping the grandmother write a will, so he will try to get his name on it; so facing big insurance companies, even if he is afraid, he must Speak up for justice; so even if there is a purposeful approach to Kelly Riker, hold her accountable to the end.
What exactly is a "rainmaker"? After collecting some information, I found that "rain maker" refers to those lawyers who can call the wind and the rain, and they can bring a lot of benefits to the lawyers through their own speech. There are always jokes about lawyers in the film, like "How do you know a lawyer is lying? He's telling a lie. What's the difference between a lawyer and a prostitute? At least prostitutes won't haunt you after you die. "As it is said in the film, everyone likes to hear jokes from lawyers, especially lawyers themselves. Some seasoned lawyers plus some of their own tricks can really make a difference. This film takes place in the United States, so it is based on American law, and the trial process is very different from China. It is inevitable that "rain maker" will appear under the legal system of the United States, but it is difficult to appear in China or other countries.
So what does "The Rainmaker" show the audience?
Rudy Baylor learned at a young age that civil rights lawyers in the 1950s and 1960s used the law to do many things that ordinary people thought impossible, which triggered his idea of becoming a lawyer. Like all the most ordinary lawyers, he went to law school, and his family couldn't provide him with a strong background, so he had to enter the law firm on his own to work hard, and by chance, he met Bruiser Stone, and at the same time began to fight against his own hands. The two cases above were further investigated. The first case was helping a grandmother who thought she had millions of assets to make a will, and the other was fighting a huge welfare insurance company. The grandmother who thought she had several million fortune actually only had tens of thousands of yuan, and her children who had been away all year round suddenly came back because of their wills, which also sent out the sadness of human nature. Donny Ray suffered from leukemia and was rejected by the huge benefit insurance company until he died. The huge welfare company has a strong team of lawyers, and Rudy has just passed the bar exam. This case is one of the main lines of the entire movie, running through the entire movie. The other main thread was drawn after Deck took Rudy to the hospital to find the case. Rudy doesn't like rushing into the patient's room to force a case, not only thinks it is immoral, but also thinks it goes against her original intention. So when Rudy met Kelly, he was just approaching with concern and didn't want to fully reveal his intentions, and it was he who had not been fascinated by greed, that he became more and more concerned about Kelly and even the development of feelings between the two of them. . Two main lines are intertwined in the film. In the end, Kelly is relieved from domestic violence, but "everyone is lose" for the huge welfare company and the victims. Rudy became the rainmaker he once dreamed of, but he sighed with emotion: "Every lawyer will at least find that he has crossed a line that he does not want to cross in a certain case. If you cross that line again and again, you will find that The line is gone. And you're nothing but a lawyer's joke, just another shark in dirty water."
Lawyers, there will always be debates about this profession in society. A lawyer who defends a murderer must be a bad person. Actually, I don't think so. To speak for the devil does not need to choose to become a devil. We can't look at everyone from our own vantage point. Lawyers defending murderers can also choose to analyze the truth and help judges make more reasonable decisions. There will always be a plaintiff and a defendant in the courtroom, so there will always be stark contrasts, and because of human preconditions, people tend to wish they could choose between two conflicting things. In order to highlight the characters in the film, Rudy's image will be deliberately rendered, but in real life, the right and wrong of the two in court will probably make the jury think deeply. Sometimes some people prefer to follow the general direction of public opinion, but is public opinion necessarily correct, and is the voice of most people worthy of being adopted by society? In fact, it is not. If it is enough to just listen to public opinion, then does the existence of judicial clauses have any meaning? Isn't it enough for us to find the opinions of most people! It is precisely because it is difficult for people to have a fair view on a matter, and even if the interests are related, they may have extreme views. We advocate the law, and the formulation of the constitution is of great significance to a country, which also shows that we prefer that emotions have less influence in the handling of cases. That's why lawyers have to stand up bravely and speak for their defenders. Even if the defender is a murderer, he has the right to be defended and is completely bound by the law.
At the same time, "The Rainmaker" mentioned the concept of risk attorney, which was based on the unique punitive damages system in the United States. To a certain extent, the emergence of risk attorneys has balanced the balance of justice, allowing more poor people and people with weak awareness of rights protection to stand bravely in court and fight for their rights. Therefore, there are "rain makers" in the legal world, who have made a lot of money with the power of their tongues, and have also prompted everyone to have a stronger awareness of rights protection. However, risk lawyers can never be completely beneficial to the society. They were once regarded as the classic "McDonald's Hot Coffee Case" by the legal profession. In this case, an old lady went to McDonald's to drink hot coffee and accidentally scalded herself. A risk attorney found her and defended her. The old lady won a lot of money because of this, which attracted the attention of the world.
The punitive damages system in the United States has exposed its shortcomings here, so should we find a better system to replace him? I don’t think it is. Under the American judicial system, large companies often have a more complete legal system. Without such a system, the balance of judicial fairness will obviously favor large companies most of the time, even because of the high amount of money. ordinary people dare not appeal. I have seen this sentence, "There is no great system in the world that is perfect and worthy of people's life-long struggle, nor can there be such a kind of legal procedure that is absolutely fair and fair. People can only choose between two evils. its light". It is precisely because of this that we must respect the law, the terms and systems that continue to uphold our rights.
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