The Pledge (2001)
Genre: Drama / Crime
Duration: 124 minuten
Country:
United States / Canada
Directed by: Sean Penn
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro and Helen Mirren
IMDb score:
6,7 (76.779)
Releasedate: 19 January 2001
The Pledge plot
"Detective Jerry Black has made a promise he can't break, to catch a killer he can't find."
Retired cop Jerry Black promises to find the murderer's mother on his last job. Jerry thinks the police have caught the wrong person, and discovers that this is the third incident in a short time that has involved a young, little girl. He buys an old gas station near the crime scene in order to search for a man who drives a black station wagon.
Actors and actresses
Jerry Black
Doctor
Stan Krolak
Lori
Eric Pollack
Toby Jay Wadenah
Margaret Larsen
Jim Olstad
Annalise Hansen
Helen Jackson
Reviews & comments
SmackItUp
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- 3505 messages
- 2648 votes
Failed.
The intentions are good, and I understand what the film wanted to do with Jerry and his situation, but it didn't come across at all. At times much too slow, a bit confused, and visually it doesn't do much either. Nicholson's acting is then one of the plus points in this little thing.
2*
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Mevlut Karatas
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- 47 messages
- 47 votes
Too slow film with pitiful performances by Benicio Del Toro and Jack Nicholson. The latter, in particular, is overacting or staring at a point in the distance and then suddenly, as if hit by an electric shock, his head turns a quarter turn... ok, you can slowly become obsessed with a case , but to overact like that... I find it incomprehensible that about 98% of the opinions emphasize the greatness of Nicholson's acting performance...
Robin Wright and especially Mickey Rourke are the only ones who act at a high level here .. not really convinced of Eckhart, but yes, I never knew how to act well...
There are also some things that are not quite right... Why don't the police make the connection with the expected killer when they see a big black car involved in an accident? However, they knew that the suspect was driving a large, black car. It also seems very unlikely to me that Jerry/Nicholson would never have heard later that a fatal accident occurred that day with a large black car, and could therefore make the connection as such himself... And finally, both the first suspect (Father Noonan), as the later main suspect (Oliver from the chocolate shop) apparently have a predilection for hedgehogs... That seems a bit too much of a coincidence to me.
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AniSter
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- 2338 messages
- 1884 votes
Good film, mainly because of the environment with the accompanying great atmosphere. The luxury cast also had something. Nicholson doesn't even have to say anything to impress. Also nice to see Rourke (even if only briefly) before a truck has run over his face. Mirren was disappointing, but Eckhart played the smug cop quite well. The film remained fascinating and certainly towards the end the tension also increased, although it was clear at a fairly early stage where it was going to end. Too bad the missing girl was no longer featured. Penn has done a great job with this film.
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