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11/24/2018

The Firm (1993)

Cruise is recruited fresh out of law school with an almost-too-good-to-be-true offer from a prestigious, but small, firm.... and you know what they say about things that seem too good to be true. So, the firm turns out to be a bunch of mob lawyers and any associate who tries to spill to the feds gets whacked.

I saw this 25 years ago, when it first came out, and it holds up pretty well. I still think the movie's plan to stay alive at the end is better than the book's. Holly Hunter pretty much steals the show with a nice assist from Gary Busey (before he turned into GARY BUSEY).

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