A jaded lawyer navigates a criminal underworld where justice is for sale and humor is darkly satiric.
Pulpy, with dark satire. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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