It is rare these days to have a movie made by a visualist like Scott, that at the same time takes the time in a almost classical theater-like sense to leave the dialog demanding the viewer to uphold the mind and spirit in order to grasp the spiritual depths that is required in order to reach the depth of damnation. This is a Christian movie about choice and consequences in a fallen world - sad to see, that the decadence of our time has left the viewers disconnected to the wisdom of the gospel and the spirit on witch the west was build. The Counsellor is at the end a movie about the downfall of the west, by greed, decadence - and open home being ravished by the evil that men do. "What good is wisdom, if it brings no wisdom to the wise" - I believe is said to Mickey Rourke by Robert de Niro's Louis Cifer in the old masterpiece "Angle Heart" - that movie about the loss of ones soul is being quoted by Pitt in the bar-scene. Excellent movie this is. Overlooked and misunderstood.
Review of The Counselor
