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The Pledge
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790758046
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790758040
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 23, 2001
Running Time: 124 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2001
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Editorial Review:
Jack Nicholson is detective Jerry Black, a respected and well-liked veteran of the Reno police force retiring to a life of angling with more than a little apprehension. Thus he jumps into a murder case, the slaying of a little girl, a mere six hours from retirement and makes a promise to the grieving mother to catch the killer. As his partner (an effectively abrasive Aaron Eckhart) squeezes a confession out of the severely mentally handicapped suspect (a thoroughly unsettling performance by Benicio Del Toro), Jerry is convinced that they've got the wrong man.
As in Sean Penn's previous work, this is an actors' piece. Nicholson plays Jerry with restlessness under his easy-going, smiling calm; his patient fisherman's heart leaps at every nibble while he casts for a murder suspect. And Del Toro, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave, and Mickey Rourke make striking impressions in their single-scene appearances. Penn is less concerned with the mystery than the emotional turmoil and Jerry's state of mind, interrupting moments of calm with jagged cuts and discomforting images (including some especially disturbing crime scene photos). Jerry's instincts and methods are sound and his sensitivity is real--he takes in a battered single mom (Robin Wright Penn) and her little girl, and develops a rewarding family life--but his passion for justice turns to unhealthy, destructive obsession. That's ultimately what we're left with at the conclusion of this often off-putting but ultimately fascinating film. The truth will not always set you free. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - NICHOLSON DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!
Jack Nicholson is, to me, one of the best actors of this generation, and his acting in this movie was typical Nicholson. Powerful!
Although the movie was electric and spell binding, it left far too big a question at the end. This may work for some movies. For this one, it did not.
I did not like the ending.
Rating: - Great movie, disappointing ending
I just saw this movie for the first time today, never having heard of it before, but, as anything with Jack Nicholson is usually well worth watching, I gave it a shot. From the beginning, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen-it was a riveting, emotional-building roller coaster in that typically low-key Nicholson way, & I couldn't wait for the final "confrontation" with the killer. To say I was overly distraught at the ending would be an understatement. After proving that he was correct in ... Read More
Rating:  - This was one of the worst movies I have ever had the misfortune of enduring.
The first half of the movie looks promising but I promise you you will regret watching the rest.
Rating:  - The Nicholson MGIC
This is a great movie! I have watched it several times and will watch it again. Jack Nicholson is one of my favorite actors. He connects with viewers in a personal way because he shares the emotions and experiences of his character with his audience. He becomes very close to his audience which makes this movie become an experience of the viewer.
The murder of the child is given distance through the characters in the movie that suffered with her. I hate child murder stories but I ... Read More
Rating: - All Star Cast Underused
"Murder on the Orient Express" is best remembered for its great cast, although each star had only a few lines. We were supposed to appreciate every second of their appearances. This style of film making went out with silverware in the Pullman car, but Sean Penn has brought it back here. We get a little of Vanessa Redgrave, a bit of Helen Mirren, a cameo from Mickey Rourke. This is a treat, admittedly, but it throws things off. Nicholson is trying is erase himself and these stars just throw a beam ... Read More
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