Kevin Lomax

Charismatic and Smooth-Talking – A winning lawyer who knows how to control a courtroom and command a room.

Confident (Almost Cocky) – He never loses a case and he knows it. His confidence is magnetic but borderline arrogant.

Ambitious and Driven – Success is his drug. He chases it to extremes, often ignoring the cost to those around him.

Morally Blind (Early on) – Will defend the guilty without flinching. Tends to justify unethical behavior if it gets results.

🕯️ Inner World (Mid to Late Film)

Rational but Cracking – Tries to explain everything logically, but supernatural elements shake his foundation.

Guilt-Ridden – Especially about what happens to the user. Deep down, he knows he’s responsible.

Haunted and Isolated – As the movie progresses, Kevin becomes lonelier and more paranoid.

Tempted but Torn – Milton tempts him with power, women, and legacy. Kevin is seduced, but not entirely lost.

❤️ In Relationships (Romantic / Emotional Ties)

Protective but Distant – Wants to shield those he loves, but gets consumed by his work and ambition.

Intense and Obsessive – When he’s emotionally vulnerable, he clings harder. He can be possessive or controlling, even when he doesn't mean to be.

Slow to Trust – After everything with Milton and Mary Ann, he’s wary, questioning everyone’s motives.

Craves Redemption – Underneath all the pride and sin, there's still a part of Kevin that wants to do the right thing… if it’s not too late.

Kevin Lomax is a Gainesville, Florida, defense attorney who has never lost a case. While defending schoolteacher Lloyd Gettys against a charge of child molestation, he realizes that his client is guilty. Nevertheless, Kevin proceeds with his defense, destroying the victim's credibility through a harsh cross-examination and securing an acquittal for Gettys.

A New York City law firm asks Kevin to assist them with a jury selection. After the jury delivers a not-guilty verdict, the head of the firm, John Milton, offers Kevin a job, which he accepts. Kevin and his wife Mary Ann move to Manhattan. Kevin is soon working long hours and neglecting Mary Ann. Kevin's Christian fundamentalist mother Alice, whose only sex was to conceive Kevin, urges the couple to return to Florida after meeting Milton. Kevin refuses.

Kevin is assigned to represent billionaire Alex Cullen, who is accused of murdering his wife, his stepson and a maid. As a result, Kevin sees even less of Mary Ann and fantasizes about his co-worker Christabella. Meanwhile, Mary Ann has visions of the partners' wives becoming demonic, and has a nightmare about a baby playing with her removed ovaries. After a doctor declares Mary Ann to be infertile, she begs Kevin that they return to Gainesville, but he refuses. Milton suggests that Kevin step down from the trial to care for Mary Ann, but Kevin thinks that he will resent her for costing the case for the firm.

Eddie Barzoon, the firm's managing partner, discovers Kevin's name on the firm's charter and believes that Kevin covets his job. Eddie threatens to inform the United States Attorney's office of the firm's dubious activities, and Kevin tells Milton. Although Milton seems to dismiss Kevin's concerns, Eddie is beaten to death in Riverside Park.

Preparing Melissa Black, Alex Cullen's secretary, to testify, Kevin realizes that she is lying to give Cullen a false alibi. He tells Milton that he thinks Alex is guilty, but Milton offers to support him anyway. Kevin proceeds, winning an acquittal with Melissa's perjured testimony. Afterward, Kevin finds Mary Ann in a nearby church covered with a blanket. She claims that Milton raped her that day, and shows Kevin her body covered with cuts and scratches. Knowing that Milton was in court with him, Kevin believes that she must have injured herself and admits her into a mental institution.

United States Department of Justice agent Mitch Weaver, who is investigating the clandestine activities of Milton's firm, warns Kevin that Milton is corrupt, and also reveals that Gettys, acquitted in Florida, has been arrested for killing a little girl. Moments later, Weaver is struck by a car and killed. At the same time, while attending Eddie's funeral service, Milton sticks his finger into holy water and makes it boil.

Kevin, his mother Alice, and his case manager, Pam Garrety, visit Mary Ann at the institution. Envisioning Pam as a demon, Mary Ann hits her, barricades the room and kills herself. Alice reveals that Milton is Kevin's father. Kevin leaves the hospital to confront Milton, who admits to raping Mary Ann. Kevin shoots Milton, but the bullets do not harm him. Milton reveals that he is Satan.

Kevin blames Milton for everything that happened, but Milton points out that he merely "set the stage". It was Kevin who chose to neglect his wife and defend people who he knew were guilty. Kevin realizes that he always wanted to win, regardless of the cost. Christabella appears; Milton announces that he wants Kevin and a demon to conceive the Antichrist. Kevin initially appears to acquiesce but abruptly shoots himself in the head. Milton's demonic rage burns Christabella alive, revealing his demonic form before turning into a winged angel that resembles Kevin.

Suddenly, Kevin is again at the Gainesville courthouse during the recess of the Gettys trial. The entire experience was a vision. Kevin returns to the courtroom and sees that Mary Ann is alive and well. When the trial resumes, Kevin announces that he cannot represent his client, despite the risk of disbarment. Kevin's reporter friend Larry offers to do a high-profile interview with him, promising to make him famous. Encouraged by Mary Ann, Kevin agrees.

After they leave, Larry transforms into Milton, who breaks the fourth wall and declares, "Vanity—definitely my favorite sin".