Robert Downey Jr.
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May 5, 2024 · The Judge's ending tied up major plot threads, creating a dramatic conclusion between its main characters. The movie leaves many major questions without a definitive answer, like if Joseph killed Mark Blackwell or if Hank ended up together with Sam.
Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) is one of the best defense attorneys in Chicago. He’s in the bathroom at the courthouse when the prosecuting attorney Mike Kattan (David Krumholtz) questions his ethics and the fact that he defends so many guilty people. Hank tells him that innocent people can’t afford him.
The film opens in a forest in Ireland. A man named John (Alistair Brammer) is running frantically but seems to find himself coming back to the same place or past multiple signs that say “point of no return” with different numbers on them. An unseen force then violently drags John away. Elsewhere in the country […]
May 3, 2024 · SPOILERS AHEAD. The Final Scene Signifies Hank Honouring His Father’s Legacy. After all the differences with his father have been settled and all has been said and done, the film ends with Hank and his family grieving for his father, who died while fishing, succumbing to cancer that had been ailing him for more than a year.
Sep 19, 2023 · The ending of “The Judge” is both bittersweet and poignant. After a grueling trial, Judge Palmer is found not guilty of murder but is convicted of voluntary manslaughter due to his involvement in a hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of a man he had previously sentenced.
Longer spoiler: Big time Chicago lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey, Jr.) returns to his childhood home to help bury his mother in small town Carlinville, Indiana.
Oct 10, 2014 · Now here comes “The Judge,” an unabashedly adult drama and a steadfastly old-fashioned one. Robert Downey Jr. is jaded big-city defense attorney Hank Palmer, a specialist in getting unsavory white-collar clients off the hook.
