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| “ | Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, His own private, cosmic gag reel? He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. (Laughs) And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is He doing? He's laughin' His sick fuckin' ass off! He's a tight ass! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER! | „ |
| ~ John Milton's view on God. |
| “ | Vanity... is definitely my favorite sin. | „ |
| ~ John Milton |
| “ | I've nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'M A FAN OF MAN! I'm a humanist. Maybe the last humanist. | „ |
| ~ John Milton |
John Milton is the titular main antagonist of the 1997 mystery/thriller movie The Devil's Advocate, based on the Andrew Neiderman novel of the same name, and he portrayed himself as a representative of a New York law firm, but was in reality, Satan himself.
He was portrayed by Al Pacino, who also played Michael Corleone in The Godfather Saga, Tony Montana in Scarface, Lefty in Donnie Brasco, Big Boy in Dick Tracy, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, and Jimmy Hoffa in The Irishman.
Biography[]
Milton tormented Kevin Lomax, a gifted, but arrogant, lawyer who also acted as the morally dubious protagonist of the movie, though he did so with diabolic cunning and made Kevin's life a living hell long before he finally revealed himself to the unfortunate man, who later found out from his devoutly religious mother that Milton was his birth father. He murdered anyone who stood in his way of progress, including Eddie Barzoon, and drove Kevin's wife, Mary Ann, to suicide after putting her under psychological torment and raping her.
Milton's ultimate plan was to have his son and Christabella Andreoli (who was Lomax's paternal half-sister) conceive a child. In exchange, he was willing to give his son anything that he desired, but Kevin rejected his demonic father, committed suicide and foiled Milton's grand scheme; that enraged Milton to the point he screamed: "God !" out in rage and transformed into his angelic form, sprouting glowing bright wings as the scene turned to black.
However, the film soon took a dark turn when Kevin awakened to find his life apparently back to normal and his wife, Mary Ann, alive once more. After he rejected the path that had led to his original damnation, Kevin seemed to have defeated Milton completely, only to be approached by a reporter who wanted to get a story on Kevin and promised to make him a "star." Kevin finally agreed to the reporter's request, and after Kevin left, the reporter changed into the form of Milton, who broke the fourth wall as he said that vanity was his favorite sin, and left the audience to question whether the cycle would start all over again as the movie ended to the credit song of "Paint It Black".
Some of the horrific acts that Milton committed were: drove Mary Ann insane, raped her, and also had two demons (in the form of vagrants) beat Eddie Barzoon to death, though it was very possible that Milton (being a Satanic figure) was also responsible of all suffering in his setting in the manner of most Dark Forms.
One hopeful note could be derived from this cacophony: Kevin, who may have well been continually targeted by Milton in cycle after cycle, had defeated both his plans and his expectations at least once. That was despite Milton's vast and deep manipulations, and perhaps extended back before his birth. In that light, Kevin's victory was greater than it seemed at first blink.
Personality[]
While initially portrayed as a shrewd, calm and charismatic man, John Milton was also incredibly crafty, able to manipulate people without interfering with their free will. Milton displayed signs of having a hedonistic lifestyle involving promiscuity and drugs, although it was possible that this was all for show in order to tempt men to his side. Milton was extremely intelligent, and capable of making incredible strategic moves to achieve his goals - intelligence expectant of the Devil. Milton also possessed incredible power of speech - his monologues throughout the film were extremely perceptive of situations, particularly those that surrounded God and His image, and made him the center of attention the whole time.
As a fallen angel, Satan had over several thousand years worth of pent-up hatred towards God and religion. Throughout the film, he alluded to the faults in Christianity, most notably God's supposedly hypocritical and sadistic tendencies. Milton claimed that his way was the true way of humanity as it did not cast judgement for giving in to natural desires. Fitting with his status as the embodiment of adversity, Milton was shown to make holy water boil just by touching it and grinning at a stain-glass image of Jesus as if to display his power over the physical world.
Although he had a laid-back, charismatic and easygoing manner, Milton was capable of unleashing an incredible temper - when Kevin committed suicide, he screamed incessantly with rage and fury, and unleashed an enormous firestorm that consumed everything in the building.
Milton claimed that his favorite sin was vanity. Milton used that very sin to make Mary Ann feel insecure about her appearance and gave Kevin a case that only he could win. It was implied that Milton had been helping Kevin win every case just so that his ego would grow and consume him by the time the plot was set in motion. In the epilogue, Milton was shown gleefully smiling as Kevin had a change of heart while simultaneously gaining fame for doing so, which suggested that he would find a way to corrupt Kevin's newfound sense of morality.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
- Invincibility: Milton survives several gunshots to the chest at point-blank range as well as being set on fire without any visible injuries or distress.
- Probability manipulation: Milton was able to subtly affect seemingly fate itself to cause Weaver to walk onto the street and a vehicle to hit and kill him before he could reveal Milton's dark secrets to Lomax.
- Time manipulation: By flapping his angel wings, Milton can reverse time while being aware of the change that transpired, and uses this to his advantage to relive events to try to cause them to play out differently.
- Above average endurance: Milton claims to be able to sustain several intense sexual encounters back-to-back without breaking a sweat, despite his physical body being that of an old and seemingly weak man.
- Teleportation/multiplication: Milton visits Mary Ann in her home and rapes her while at the same time being in the courtroom with Kevin.
- Instant death: Milton can unleash a cloud of deathly energy from his body which causes instant death to any human it touches while also mummifying their corpse.
Abilities[]
- Expert manipulator: As he is a fallen angel who has lived among humans for millennia, Milton knows their every desire and innate fear and uses it to his advantage to manipulate, charm and terrify them as needed. He has established a vast criminal empire spanning law firms, illegal arms deals, enforcement and intimidation and is possibly involved with several wars and at least one South American cartel.
- Master linguist: Milton fluently speaks, among others, Kantonese, Korean, Russian and German. He also knows the entirety of the Bible by heart.
Weaknesses[]
Despite his immense power, Milton is completely unable to directly influence human minds and interfere with their free will. As long as a person resists his charm and manipulations, Milton cannot force them to do something they don't want to.
Trivia[]
- The John Milton character was named after the real-life poet and civil servant John Milton, author of the legendary epic poem Paradise Lost.
- A plausible theory will be that Milton's "disappointments" (children) were famous dictators and killers, as his offspring were characterized by a natural ability of manipulation and an innate capacity for feeding crime and violence.
External Links[]
- John Milton on the Pure Evil Wiki