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Beware of Shiny Lures The Pledge
Review by Ross Anthony Detective Black (Nicholson) leaves his own retirement party to investigate a horrific rape/homicide crime scene. The victim is only seven years old. Though there's a flurry of cops on the scene, Nicholson finds himself delivering the news to the trembling parents. Oddly, with no passing of time shown for them to recover from the news, Nicholson starts in with the questions, eventually finding himself in the midst of a "pledge" to capture the perpetrator. Though he "swears on his soul salvation on a cross made by the daughter" this scene plays with little intensity when, in fact, it should have set the theater resonating, sending chills down our spines. Director Sean Penn, takes his sweet time getting to this starting point. And from here, he relaxes even further. Moving with the speed of a paddle-boat upstream, the bulk of the movie is about as exciting as watching someone fish (in fact, that's the film's allegorical "hook"). | |
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