Movie Review: The Firm [TEASER]

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The Firm, the legal thriller starring Tom Cruise, shows us that big law is sometimes worse than the literal mob.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this subscriber-only episode of 5 to 4,
0:10.7	the hosts thought it would be nice to take a break from the darkness and despair all around us,
0:15.0	and instead bring you, our most loyal listeners, something fun. A review of the 1993 legal thrower, The Firm, starring Tom Cruise.
0:24.0	We want us to let you turn our bills.
0:26.6	What we charged you.
0:27.8	Over to the government.
0:29.9	Yes, sir.
0:30.7	It does not in any way waive your rights to full and complete confidentiality in any other area of the attorney-client relationship.
0:38.5	I'm your lawyer, gentlemen.
0:40.7	Whether I like it or not,
0:41.8	I can't talk to the government about you
0:43.6	even when I'm no longer your lawyer.
0:45.8	That would be breaking my word,
0:47.8	my oath.
0:48.7	Please enjoy this brief yet action-packed distraction,
0:51.8	and we'll be back next week
0:53.0	to remind you how much the Supreme Court,
0:55.2	and really everything else right now, sucks. Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the
1:01.9	Supreme Court cases that have broken our civil liberties like J.D. Vance breaking the college football
1:06.4	championship trophy. That's right. I'm Peter, and I'm here with Michael. Hey, everybody.
1:17.3	Riannon out sick, also lazy. Yeah. Not a hard worker like us. And it's good because she hates football, especially college football. He doesn't care about University of Texas football at all.
1:23.0	Nothing more on brand than that fucking nerd trying to lift up a trophy and it falls apart.
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