The Evil Lawyer review – gripping, twisty and ludicrously hammy

If the title feels splashy, wait until you meet Jittri: a pantomime villain in a power suit whose hair is even bigger than her ego. Known for getting murky clients off the hook, she stiletto-struts, flashes a crooked smirk and wears sunglasses indoors. Early on she defends a client who stole a stillborn baby by calling the child a "scrap of flesh" and is struck by a bucket of blood from protesters; Mek first encounters her when that blood soils his shirt.

Mek works pro bono and adheres to a strict ethical code, but after refusing to drop a case with mob ties he is framed for the murder of the opposing lawyer — the son of police chief Anan — and faces the death penalty. Jittri offers to represent him for free on the condition that he takes on her cases, which involve defending guilty parties in exchange for favours that will improve his own chances.

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