The film doesn’t go into detail, but it’s mentioned that Aaron was abused by his father before ending up on the streets. He won the case but lost that sense of comfort that good people do bad things.Īaron is the villain of the film, but adding to the doubleness of the movie, he’s also still a victim. This is why Vail takes such an emotional hit when Aaron reveals his true self to be the Roy character. Vail also admits (off the record) to the interviewer that he takes these cases because he thinks good people sometimes do bad things. He cares too much, which is why he’s able to be manipulated by Aaron. We see this with Aaron and Pinero (Steven Bauer). He actually cares a lot about his clients. As Primal Fear progresses, viewers see Vail shed his act.
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Vail’s driving force at the beginning of the movie seems to be the glory of winning a case. He also has a healthy approach to the people he defends: he doesn’t care if they’re guilty or innocent. He loves the media attention-as it starts with him being interviewed for a profile piece. The film starts with him portraying himself as this hotshot lawyer. However, the film’s running theme is Martin Vail’s double nature. We see this with Archbishop Rushman, and then infamously with Aaron. Primal Fear plays a lot with the idea of duplicity and double nature. Primal Fear is one of those rare movies where it works better because the villain wins in the end. With most Hollywood movies, we expect the “good guys” to win, and sometimes a film falls flat because viewers feel betrayed when this doesn’t happen. Any other ending would have completely changed the impact and gut-punch felt by the audience along with Vail. Primal Fear is as memorable as it is because of the Aaron ending and Vail being so defeated in that moment. This is not ‘I need to come out on top, I need to win. ‘The last shot of the movie is me standing with my shoulders sagging, punched in the face.
He was like ‘Did anybody see what we just did here?!” He was kind of pointing at me, and he was like ‘this is how you use me to best effect.’ Because I’m slick, it’s a body blow. Almost to the point of refusing to do anything else.
And Richard was the one who really stood firm. He should have a recorder on him and be busting him.
Literally, the ideas were as bad as he should punch out the kid. And about the idea that it should be reshot, or we should do it differently. Specifically, because there was a lot of chatter and pressure around that production about the ending. I was very very impressed by Richard Gere. In a 2019 episode of the ReelBlend podcast, CinemaBlend sat down with Edward Norton and he shared that he was impressed by Richard Gere’s approach to the ending. Primal Fear then rolls the credits after a shot of Martin looking devastated. Martin, truly feeling defeated, rushes out the prison, avoids the media storm, and just heads out where no one can see him. Many people, myself included, only remember the Aaron confession ending, but more happens after it.
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