Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) 

 

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Director: Dan Gilroy

Writer(s): Dan Gilroy

Starring: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell

Estimated budget: $22,000,000

U.S. Box office: $11,000,000

 

Roman J. Israel, Esq. is set in the underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel Washington stars as a driven, idealistic defense attorney whose life is upended when his mentor, a civil rights icon, dies. When he is recruited to join a firm led by one of the legendary man’s former students – the ambitious lawyer George Pierce (Colin Farrell) – and begins a friendship with a young champion of equal rights (Carmen Ejogo), a turbulent series of events ensue that will put the activism that has defined Roman’s career to the test.