The Lincoln Lawyer

All right, I didn't lie. I said the knife in the picture wasn't mine. 554 00:36:05,622 --> 00:36:10,835 - I said it twice and nobody listened to me. - What are you now, the goddamn lawyer? 555 00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:12,504 You said it wasn't yours? 556 00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:16,466 What you should have said was, "I had a knife, Mick, but this isn't it." 557 00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:19,886 You brought a weapon to a meeting with a prostitute. 558 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:24,432 You tell me, how the hell am I supposed to make that look like she set you up? 559 00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:30,563 I did not do this! 560 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:34,609 It's custom-made, serrated tip. 561 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:38,196 It has your initials engraved on the handle. 562 00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:40,740 - I always carry it. - Hmm. 563 00:36:40,782 --> 00:36:43,451 We show homes to people we don't know. 564 00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:51,501 This one time, my mother was showing a place. 565 00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:55,130 It was in Bel-Air, so she thought it was okay to go alone. 566 00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:59,092 - But he was there. - Who was there? 567 00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:04,514 The man who raped her. 568 00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:09,102 When she didn't come back, I went to the house and found her. 569 00:37:09,144 --> 00:37:14,107 That's when she stopped showing property, and I started carrying a knife. 570 00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:15,150 Always. 571 00:37:16,985 --> 00:37:19,296 - Your mother will have to testify. - No, I don't want that. 572 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,240 I don't give a damn what you want. 573 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:26,494 If you want to stay out of the shit house, you do exactly as I tell you from now on. 574 00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:27,954 You got it? 575 00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:00,612 - (WHISPERING) Hey. - Hey. 576 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,531 Success. We had fun. 577 00:38:07,202 --> 00:38:08,703 - Got her? - Yeah. 578 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:18,213 - At least we did one thing right, huh? - We did a couple. Good night. 579 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:34,729 - Well, look who's come calling. - Detective Kurlen. 580 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:38,191 Have you been to San Quentin lately? See our boy Martinez? 581 00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:43,071 I asked you something. How's Martinez doing up there? 582 00:38:43,112 --> 00:38:45,156 He make the pucker-up-and-kiss-me team? 583 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:48,076 - I haven't talked to him. - Right. 584 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:51,399 I guess once they plead guilty and go down, you don't have much use for them, huh? 585 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:58,545 But he's away forever, right? 586 00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:02,423 - He got life, yeah. - So, he'll be out in 15. Too bad. 587 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:06,177 Because his victim, Donna Renteria, she's dead forever. 588 00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:13,393 How does someone like you sleep at night, with all the scum you represent? 589 00:39:18,273 --> 00:39:20,108 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) 590 00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:23,194 MAN: Sorry. 591 00:39:26,990 --> 00:39:29,409 Hey, Kurlen. Come here a second. 592 00:39:31,494 --> 00:39:32,745 (SIGHS) 593 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:37,292 I had a client once, he decapitated his ex-wife. 594 00:39:38,293 --> 00:39:40,628 Kept her head in the refrigerator. 595 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:43,047 Nice. Sweet. 596 00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:47,969 The DA got greedy, tried to pile on two unsolved murders, 597 00:39:48,011 --> 00:39:50,722 trick up the evidence to make it look like my guy did it. 598 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:54,601 But you got your boy off. And he's out walking around now, right? 599 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:57,478 - Well, fuck you, Haller. - No, fuck the DA, 600 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:01,858 and the cops who helped him. It's called the justice system, Kurlen. 601 00:40:01,941 --> 00:40:04,736 That's not the way it's supposed to work. 602 00:40:06,487 --> 00:40:08,656 (FUNK MUSIC PLAYING) 603 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:15,580 MICK: Ernie and Rich. 604 00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:17,498 - How are you? - Monica. 605 00:40:19,334 --> 00:40:22,795 - Well, look who's here. - Hello, kids. Maggie. 606 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:25,089 Hey, hey, Haller. Do you want a beer? 607 00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:27,109 - I'd love a cold beer. Scotty. - BARTENDER: Yeah, Mick. 608 00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,843 - We can share this. - No, I'm good. 609 00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:32,013 Why, why? We've swapped spit before. 610 00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:35,683 Mmm. 611 00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:39,687 Tell me about your buddy Min ton. 612 00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:41,689 (SIGHS IN EXASPERATION) Who says he's my buddy? 613 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:46,152 - He sandbagged me but good. - Mmm-hmm. With that guy Corliss, right? 614 00:40:47,236 --> 00:40:49,113 Yeah. How'd you know?