What a god awful movie. Most of the actors are worse than what you will find in a small towns community theater. Over the top, stilted, terrible acting that makes the whole thing (as stupid as the premise is)even worse.I don't know how they got a couple of the actors in this film, McDowell for example... they must have thrown a lot of money at him, for this film is a steaming pile of garbage.Premise- Man angry at mothers death sues the devil in court. Low and behold, Satan shows up to defend himself with a team of lawyers. Throw in a bunch of bible thumping "Jesus died for our sins" about 200 times, over acting by the entire cast...Not worth the time to watch, again, unless you are an ultra Christian.

Although I am a fan of Malcolm McDowell. I have a lot of reservations about the lead actor Bart Bronson. A man down, and out of faith losing his ability to comprehend of what it means to be a human being in this crazy world of ours. Sorry to say his acting was very hard to swallow. Corbin Bernsen, Tom Sizemore, and a few others who have cameo appearances do their bid well with their own parts. Except for the narration from Bronson every so often. Where did this guy come from? His voice, mannerisms, body language all said I just got out of the porn business, and now trying the real deal. His emotional outbursts did not bode well with his delivery especially during the court case. Yet in the same moment Malcolm responded brilliantly with each line he spoke. The story has merit. An original tale to say the least. The only other two I can think of playing the devil are Al Pacino in The devil's advocate, and Angel Heart with Robert Deniro as old scratch. Both films shone bright as the two method actors played Lucifer to the letter. Suing the devil had spotty areas, but all in all not a bad attempt albeit for Bronson's character, and very flimsy line delivery. But I don't mean remembering his lines, I mean the aural blandness with nearly no emotional balances to speak of. Everyone else did their part, which saved the film. Perhaps with some more in depth acting lessons Bart could be on his way to better scripts.

I can't remember the last time I saw a movie this bad. The entire cast, with the exception of Malcolm McDowell, acts so poorly that it literally made me laugh/scoff at points. Unfortunately the main character is the worst of them all so you get a full dose of atrocious acting from start to finish. The production values, cinematography, and directing are also sub-par (think 80's after school specials), and that's being nice. The story by itself is not an awful one though, so it's a pity they did such a horrible job with it. My guess would be that this ends up on Mystery Science Theater's list of movies to ridicule.

I watched this film because I love supernatural tales and Malcolm McDowell. By the time I realized that I was being morally instructed, I was fascinated with how bad the film was. Until McDowell (as Satan) showed up, I was wondering how long they could draw it out. The protagonist, a naive and goofy loser going to law school at night, seems completely lost at the idea of playing a character and instead becomes an Australian caricature. The rest of the cast was even worse, over-acting cartoons of sinful lawyers and corporate types.Then Malcolm McDowell appears, Satan coming to defend himself (with the aid of ten lawyers). He proclaims himself to be the Devil and denies all allegations that he is behind all of the evils of the world. He plays it pretty cool, with occasional satanic outbursts, until he's cornered and lets loose with a demonic soliloquy that literally shakes the rafters and is the only worthwhile five minutes of the film. Only McDowell or Jack Nicholson could do it so well.Without the five minute reprieve, I would have given this one star. The other two are strictly for Malcolm McDowell's solo performance.