The cast in this thing is undeniable. Bullet-proof choices.
Damon, all-American fresh-faced kid trying to be a lawyer; DeVito, the grumbling, no-nonsense sidekick; Voight, Foghorn Leghorn personified; Mickey Rourke, a shady, pinky-ring clad shyster who never takes off his sunglasses. Bullet proof.
There is a subplot involving Claire Danes as an abused woman that not only feels unnecessary, but also feels at odds, tonally, with the rest of the movie. The main story is a straight drama with punctuations of…