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Mood:
- BleakGloomyContemplativeMind Bending
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Plot:
- Police DetectiveSerial KillerInvestigationTrack DownObsessionMurderChases and RacesCrimes more...
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Genres:
- MysteryThrillerDrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Small Town
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- All Star CastTwists and Turns
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Strong Violent Content
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The Pledge, 2001
English
USA
Profile of The Pledge
The mood of The Pledge is bleak, gloomy, and mind bending. The plot centers around tracking someone down, obsession, and a police detective. It is a thriller, mystery, and drama movie. Stylistically, The Pledge features an all-star cast and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. The Pledge happens in contemporary times. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that The Pledge includes strong violent content.
Summary of The Pledge
Director Sean Penn's (THE INDIAN RUNNER, THE CROSSING GUARD) third film features Jack Nicholson as Jerry Black, a retired detective whose final case ultimately causes his slow descent into madness. In the midst of his retirement party, Black decides to join Detective Stan Krolak (Aaron Eckhart) on one last case. The molested body of an eight-year-old girl is found in the Nevada mountains. When the chief suspect turns out to be a mentally challenged Native American (Benicio Del Toro), Black is not convinced of his guilt despite his confession. Unable to forget the promise he made to the dead girl's mother that he would find her daughter's killer, Black becomes determined to catch a monster that no one else believes is out there. His resolve increases when he realizes that two similar unsolved murders occurred in the same area in recent years, and the case hits closer to home when Black befriends Lori (Robin Wright Penn), a waitress with a threatening ex-husband, and her eight-year old daughter, Chrissy (Pauline Roberts). Nicholson is compelling in this study of a man whose obsession slowly eats away at his sanity as he attempts to keep his promise by any means necessary.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 January 2001 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jerry Black
as Lori
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Critics Reviews
Variety
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- by: Todd McCarthy
The New York Times
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- by: Stephen Holden
Users Reviews
- 20.March.2009
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- by: chrgeorgeson
- chrgeorgeson rated this movie
8/10Great
