IMDB: " Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action."
It's a movie about the behind the scenes. There is a picture in my mind about the lawyers: They copy-paste the law and add zeros to their bank account every second! 1000-10000-100000-......
However, same as all other industries (if we call it law industry!), there are many people who work with low incomes and do the hard job, but others get the advantage. Roman J. Israel is a symbol of these abused people. He knows the law better than any other person. He has all cases in his memory by details. He dedicates his life to his job, day and night. He is alone, he is upset. It seems he has some mental problems as well. He acts like an autistic person.
But he is good in one thing, he is good in law! But our society does not obey the pure law. People interpret the law based on their desires.
Under pressure of losing the job and all negative feedback from the society, he decided to cross his boundary, just for one time!
This mistake for a pure guy like him is the end of everything, even his life.
I liked the movie and recommend it to watch.