Suing The Devil

~ Suing the Devil (2011) ~

My name is Luke O'Brien.

I work as a salesman by day.

At night, I attend the Billy Simon's night law school

in Sydney, Australia.

It's been my goal in life to become a lawyer,

until.

Some tragedies have caused me to question my own existence.

I wonder why the good Lord lets Satan get away with so much.

This has been the worst year of my life.

And today the country was rocked by yet another mass murder.

This time a gunman killed 15 people at the hospital before taking his own life.

That's unacceptable.

No, that's ridiculous.

How does an account disappear?

Well some human garbage has stolen my money and you...

Well what kind of idiots do you have working there?

Luke! Please don't!

Babe.

Babe, babe are you okay? I'm sorry.

In other news, gas prices are still rising

and oil companies offer no apologies.

God,

are you following any of this?

My mother was killed by a drunk driver, Gwen,

the same drunk driver is now free on the streets,

with all the other filth out there including the ones who stole our money.

You know, if I could just have Satan right here, right now,

I'd crush him to bits.

And that same filth that murdered my Mother!

I'm off to the law library.

Don't tell me I left the bullets at home!

And then, something happened.

Of all things, a Bible fell out of the glove compartment.

Had my back slid so far from God that I was willing to kill a man?

Why couldn't I forgive him?

Why?

How did I get to what I've become?

A man who hated people.

Instead of loving my neighbor.

Who am I?

As I drove home, I realized what a spiritual battle we all face.

Satan comes at you like a roaring lion, brothers and sisters,

don't forget that!

The greatest lie he ever invented was to convince you that he doesn't exist.

And I believe in the devil.

That's when it hit me.

Every problem in the world today

is somehow related to this evil being.

It's all lies and deception.

And because of this snake

the world continues spiraling downward.

And it dawned on me that I'd do something rash.

If the world was going to hell, I may as well take some demons out!

It was on this day that I decided to expose Satan.

Yes, you heard me right. Expose Satan!

And I can show the tactics of the Devil better than anybody!

Luke O'Brien vs. Satan?

That's right.

Satan?

Yeah, that's right.

Is there a last name?

I didn't exactly have Satan's address to send him a copy of the lawsuit,

but I did make it all the way to a court hearing with a judge.

Luke O'Brien vs. Satan?

Yes, your honor.

You're suing Satan?

Crazy!

Order!

Yes, your honor.

You're aware that you're in the international court of human rights.

Your honor, Satan have violated every human right known to man!

- Are you seeing a shrink? - No.

- Taking any medication? - Yes.

No, I used to.

Mr. O'Brien, you are wasting the court's time with this frivolous lawsuit.

Your honor, I can prove that Satan is a viable defendant.

Under Dogar vs. Marlboro,

and section 10-3 of the international civil liberties suit...

Right, I understand.

And of course Satan has failed to respond to this notice.

I'd like to submit a default judgment upon him.

And how do you expect to serve that notice?

Well, I listed it in the newspaper actually.

You might want to try hell next time, just a tip.

I knew she was going to dismiss the case.

I just wanted to vent my frustration with Satan!

So what she said next took me completely by surprise.

You're going to have to give the defendant, in this case Satan, notice.

Find a process server, I'll give you 30 more days.

But your honor, I can't!

Well, I won't allow a default unless the defendant has been served!

Next case!

- What's this? - This is a lawsuit against Satan.

- What is this, a joke? - No, it's not.

If he works here, I want you to give that to him.

We have 70 lawyers who work here, take your pick.

Go for it.

Hey bud,

what makes you think Satan even works here, huh?

You just give that to him if you see him, alright?

Hey, I run a respectable business here, okay?

Yeah, we've got strippers, drunks and gamblers, but you know what?

I don't permit smoking inside, okay?

Are you guys Satan worshipers?

Just in case, can you give this to Satan if you see him around?

Thanks.

I see you've served notice of process at a law film,

strip club, overseas investment firm and an oil company.

Why stop there?

Did you try serving a used car yard?

If Satan's anywhere, it's probably there.

Yeah, I didn't think of that one, your honor.

I'd like to file a default judgment against Satan.

Default judgment?

Yes, your honor. I want the record to show...

that Satan has judgment against him for 8 trillion dollars.

I'm going to dismiss this case on a technicality

and because you're nuts.

And then the most unimaginable thing happened.

I'm also going to penalize you because...

Because why?

I'm here, your honor.

Ever get that strange feeling that a hoax might be real after all?

And who are you?

- Satan, your honor. - Oh, your honor.

Nice try.

So you two are in this together, right?

I'm here to answer the summonsed, your honor.

And I wade the lack of process from Mr. Luke O'Brien.

What is this?

That's great,

you almost had me there.

Oh, made my day!

Am I punked? Where are the cameras?

I'm afraid it's quite serious, your honor.

Well I don't find it very amusing.

Neither do I.

Can you prove you're Satan?

Can you prove I'm not?

What is going on here?

Oh my goodness, it's so hot in here! Bailiff!

Bailiff? Why is the heat up?

What do you think?

Oh, my goodness! Bailiff!

What have you done to the heat? Check it!

So, suppose you are who you say you are,

do you realize the extent of what you're saying?

The earth is mine. And I will defend myself.

Do you have legal representation?

Do I have legal representation?

I know what you're thinking, so don't say it.

Was this man really the devil?

Well, I must say you've got a lot of guts boy. Suing me?

I mean, do you really know what you're letting yourself in for?

You're not really Satan, are you?

Oh, and you're not Lukey Dukey, are you, idiot?

Look, you better have a bunch of good lawyers because I'm going to take you down.

You're a little pipsqueak. Do you know how insignificant you are?

I mean, with one...

I could send you off into the abyss in a little red corvette.

Hey, I've got God on my side, okay? And He created you.

Ugh, got a card?

- I don't have one. - No card?

Well, here's mine.

Call me, anytime.

Hey, don't smoke it.

I'll see you in court, baby.

Oh yeah, nice magic trick, dude!

I needed someone to help me. Someone I could trust.

There was only one person I knew.

Get lost.

Come on, Mel! That's no way to talk to a friend.

Friends don't ask friends to sue Satan.

I really need your help on this one, please.

Luke, I just passed the bar.

I'm not about to sue Satan as my first case.

Find another idiot.

Mel!

The judge actually set a trial date for next week,

which stunned everyone in the courtroom, including me.

After that, I got hit with a million interview requests,

which of course I reluctantly turned down.

Honey, I'm home!

Call him a nutcase, but Luke O'Brien is suing the Devil.

The judge was about to throw out the case

until another man entered in claiming that he himself was, in fact, the Devil.

Talk about another weird day here at the Sydney courthouse.

You sure you want to go through with this?

Yeah, of course.

The Devil's responsible for the mess this whole world's in.

You said it yourself.

Yeah, but I didn't tell you to go out there and sue him!

Why are you doing this, Luke?

Because the devil exists and I have to expose him.

I have to expose him.

Ladies and gentlemen, please.

I'd like to thank you for coming here on such short notice for such a monumental event.

Now, without further a due, I'd like to introduce to you my client,

who prefers that you call him "Prince".