Nicholson, Penn Team for the Unflinching, Unforgettable โ€˜Pledgeโ€™

Sean Penn’s “The Pledge” is about the agony of the unknown; it shares a thematic kinship with David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” which is also about an unsolved crime that causes the last man still pursuing the answers to drown in obsession.

Based on a Swedish novella, Penn’s film is set in Reno, Nevada, where we meet Jerry, a cop played by Jack Nicholson. Jerry is about to retire, as everyone in his department has donated to airfare for Jerry to lose himself over a fishing trip.

A gruesome crime scene takes Jerry, his boss (Sam Shephard) and Jerry’s hotshot protégée (Aaron Eckhart) away from the celebration -- the corpse of a little girl is discovered embedded in snow.

A cluster of police officers arrive on the scene, though...

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Apr 23rd 2021
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