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The Pledge [2001] [DVD]

Jack Nicholson (Actor), Helen Mirren (Actor), Sean Penn (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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Genre Action & Adventure
Format PAL, Subtitled
Contributor Robin Wright Penn, Sam Shepard, Sean Penn, Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave
Language English
Runtime 2 hours

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On the day of his retirement, Detective Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) makes a solemn promise to the mother of a murder victim that he will find the person responsible. Jerry begins investigating and soon ties the murder to a number of other unsolved killings in the area; however, his former boss refuses to re-open the case, so he has to go it alone. The detective then buys a broken-down gas station near the site of the killings, befriends a waitress and her young daughter, and waits and watches, hoping that he can discover the killer before he strikes again.

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The Pledge is the latest offering from Sean Penn, and as in Crossing Guard he chooses Jack Nicholson as his leading man. 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 with Sean Penn's previous work, this is an actors' piece. Nicholson plays Jerry as having a restlessness under his easy-going, smiling calm 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, Amazon.com

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 2.35:1, 16:9 - 1.77:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 80 g
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 7321900213486
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Sean Penn
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 15 April 2002
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, German
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Danish, Finnish, Dutch, English, French, German, Icelandic, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian
  • Language ‏ : ‎ German (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros. Home Ent.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005NMW0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer reviews:
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  • inkster
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nicholsons' best performance?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2008
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    ...I'll say it again-To me, this is the first time, Jack Nicholson did more than just entertain.
    About Schmidt, to me, was in a similar league and when he flew over the cuckoo's nest, I felt pretty much the same, but this time I feel there is even more depth to his character.
    I was quite surprised when I saw this film for the first time.
    The photography is rather well, and I would say the same about the casting and direction.
    The soundtrack music is just right in that it underpins he conflict ,undergone by the main protagonist.
    Whilst I recommend this film to anyone who'll listen to me, I also point them towards the german original "Es geschah am hellichten Tag ( 1958)".
    I n this remake however, the ending was realized as intended by the author whereas the german version's ending was reputedly changed to make it a little more paletable.
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  • David E. Barron
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, very atmospheric film.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2019
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    This is a really excellent film with some very apt and atmospheric music.
    Jack Nicholson gives an outstanding performance as Jerry Black, a retired Nevada police detective who has given a pledge to a mother, that he will find the killer of her little girl.
    This is one of these films that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
    An unpredictable ending but the killer gets his just desserts and will not kill again.
    Great entertainment and the third film that was directed by Sean Penn.
    Sean Penn's fourth film was ' Into The Wild ' - another terrific film.
    Very Highly Recommended film.
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  • Montague Smith
    4.0 out of 5 stars It happened in broad daylight...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2021
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    On the day of his retirement, Reno homicide cop Jack Nicholson investigates the brutal small-town murder of an eight-year-old girl and promises the distraught mother that he will find the killer. Seen fleeing the scene, retarded Indian Benicio Del Toro is apprehended the next day and confesses under duress before killing himself in custody. It doesn’t sit right with Nicholson, who delves into similar crimes unsolved in Nevada. Finding a link with two other cases, Nicholson baits a trap for a killer who might still be out there waiting to prey on young victims. Friedrich Durrenmatt’s story It Happened in Broad Daylight has been filmed before as The Cold Light of Day, a 1995 Dutch film starring Richard E. Grant and set anonymously in eastern Europe. Sean Penn places his version precisely in the harsh landscape of the American West, the small town’s clapboard buildings puny and inadequate in the shadow of the snow-peaked Sierras. Durrenmatt’s schematic crime drama thus becomes more metaphysical character study than psycho-thriller, and in Nicholson’s admirably restrained performance the obsessive detective is a noble melancholy loner, fascinating and deeply flawed. Good intentions, it seems, are sometimes not enough and Nicholson’s sad character loses the plot. Penn calls his version The Pledge, but it could as well have been called The Secret. Nicholson unwisely keeps his counsel and it has devastating consequences for him as well as the mother, daughter and suspect. The only ones he tells the truth are his former colleagues on the force, and they don’t believe him. The casting throughout is canny: Penn not only makes shrewdly judged use of the saturnine Del Toro’s feral features but also puts Tom Noonan in a pivotal role. The softly spoken, apparently benign Noonan, of course, carries the imprint of his creepy depiction of Tooth Fairy serial-killer Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter, Michael Mann’s masterful version of the Thomas Harris novel, Red Dragon. In tone and bleak visual grandeur, Penn’s picture resembles Paul Schrader’s unforgiving film Affliction, and – as Nicholson rails in the wind against the random injustice of it all – it leaves a similarly haunting impression.
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  • Joe Neustatl
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE PLEDGE, an outstanding movie !
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2011
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    This is another excellent performance of Jack Nicholson as the retired homicide detective solving his last criminal case. Helen Mirren is the grieving nmother acting as expected in her usual high standard and Vanessa Redgrave as the grandmother needs little introduction. The cast alone promisses a quality movie. On top of that the story is based on a play by the highly acclaimed Swiss playwrite Durenmatt whose masterpiece is The Visit.
    The film takes us to the spectacular, snow covered mountains of Mexico and has an unexpected ending which leaves the case unresolwed, but two mature people find love. Very compulsive and rewarding viewing.
    Joe Neustatl
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  • the 12th man
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable movie.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2012
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    Slow burner at first as Jack is about to be pensioned off his cop job,he's persuaded to stay around to help in a horrible murder case which he really doesn't have to get involved in but because he knows the victim (s) he makes a pledge to help find the killer(s).

    The plot twists and turns with Robin Wright Penn starring as a down on her luck waitress,can't recommend this movie highly enough if you like intelligent movies and Jack fans will love it.
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  • BigAl82
    3.0 out of 5 stars A who's who of talented acting er talent is not really enough to sustain a near two hour run time.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2014
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    A ridiculously starry ensemble cast (everyone's in this Sean, the actor, Penn's second, or third, directorial effort, after The Indian Runner, which featured a full frontal from Viggo Mortensen, and The Crossing Guard, also starring Jack Nicholson) surrounds a riveting, if harrowing, serial, of sorts, killer thriller. It's more drama than thriller with some first rate performances. Low on gore this is a slow burning experience which delivers, in spades, atmosphere to spare. It's all about Jack, mostly and does he ever serve up a smorgasbord of delights. The cover says 15 and the other certificate, on the disc itself, says 18. I'm thinking this is for all the implied nastiness as there's very little in the way of onscreen bloodshed, aside from a rather dramatic suicide. There's some mystery here too. It's a sad film. It has no real redemption for anyone. In the end it's entirely watchable if ever so slightly forgettable. Epic cast tho.
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  • besstee
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Pledge with Jack Nicholson
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2011
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    I think this film is wonderfully acted by Jack Nicholson and should have been shown for a longer period but it came out at the same time as a Harry Potter film and so was pushed aside. It is a very good story and i felt so sorry for him at the end of the film
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  • V v
    5.0 out of 5 stars Top
    Reviewed in France on 20 June 2024
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    Un bon thriller
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  • giorgio gazzolo
    5.0 out of 5 stars buon film
    Reviewed in Italy on 1 November 2015
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    Un film costruito un po' alla vecchia maniera: non confuso, non accavallato e narrato in modo convincente. Forse malinconico, ma non sempre occorre il lieto fine
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  • Ron
    5.0 out of 5 stars Odd film but enjoyable.
    Reviewed in the United States on 21 February 2025
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    Jack never made a bad film that I know of.
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  • 9a
    5.0 out of 5 stars absolut sehenswert
    Reviewed in Germany on 29 January 2016
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    Filmrezension zu "The Pledge"

    Das Filmdrama "Das Versprechen" (Originaltitel "The Pledge")
    erschien 2001 in den USA unter der Regie von Sean Penn.Der
    Film hat eine Länge von 119 Minuten und ist laut FSK (Freiwillige
    Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft) ab 12 Jahren freigegeben.Laut
    JMK (Jugendmedienkommission) ist "The Pledge" ab 14 Jahren frei-
    gegeben.Der Film handelt von der Charakterwandlung des Krimi-
    nalbeamten Jerry Black,während seines letzten Falls und basiert auf
    Friedrich Dürrenmatts Kriminalroman "Das Versprechen" aus dem
    Jahr 1958.

    Jerry Black,gespielt von Jack Nicholson,spielt die Hauptrolle des
    Films.Er ist ein Kriminalbeamter in Nevada und zu Beginn des Films
    beinahe Rentner.Seine Leidenschaft ist das Angeln.Der Kommissar
    ist Raucher und ledig.Kinder hat er nicht.
    Toby Jay Wadenah,gespielt von Benicio Del Toro,spielt in "The
    Pledge" die Nebenrolle eines geistig und sprachlich gestörten In-
    dianers,welcher schon vor Beginn des Films mehrere Sittlichkeits-
    delikte an jungen Mädchen ausgeübt hat.
    Taryn Knowles,im Film Ginny Larson,wird zu Beginn des Films Opfer
    eines Sittlichkeitdelikts.Sie ist ein kleines und fantasievolles
    Mädchen,welches noch zur Grundschule ging.
    Aaron Eckhart spielt die Nebenrolle des Stan Krolaks,ein Arbeits-
    kollege von Jerry Black.Stan steht in keinem guten Verhältnis zu Toby.
    Auch die Ehefrau von Sean Penn spielt in "The Pledge" mit.Robin
    Wright Penn besitzt die wichtige Nebenrolle von Lori.Lori ist die Be-
    dienung einer Bar.Sie hat ein sehr schlechtes Verhältnis zu ihrem
    Ex-Mann.Ihre kleine Tochter Chrissy,gespielt von Pauline Roberts,
    geht in die erste Klasse.

    Der Kriminalbeamte Jerry Black steht kurz vor seiner Pensionierung.
    Während seiner Abschiedsparty wird ein Mord in der Nähe eines Wald-
    randes gemeldet.Jerry verlässt die Party und begibt sich sofort zum
    Tatort.Die kleine Ginny Larson ist ermordet worden.Jerry Black in-
    formiert die Eltern von Ginny über das Geschehen und verspricht
    der Mutter bei seinem Seelenheil,den Mörder zu finden.Der Verdacht
    fällt dabei auf den geistig gestörten Toby Jay Wadenah.Er hat schon
    mehrere Male Sittlichkeitsdelikte an jungen Mädchen ausgeübt und ist
    kurz vor Entdeckung der Leiche am Waldrand gesichtet worden.
    Der gestörte Indianer zeigt sich während des Verhörs mit Stan Krolak
    nicht sehr gesprächig.Stan ist sich absolut sicher,dass Toby der Täter
    ist und wird während des Verhörs so aufdringlich,dass der Indianer die
    Tat schließlich gesteht.Als er in die Zelle geführt wird,entreißt er einem
    Polizisten die Pistole und schießt sich in den Mund.Für Stan ist der Fall
    abgeschlossen,doch Jerry Black zweifelt sehr stark daran,den Täter
    gefunden zu haben.So nimmt der pensionierte Kriminalbeamte den
    Fall privat auf.Er befragt die Großmutter des Mordopfers und besucht
    ebenfalls die Grundschule von Ginny.Dort erfährt er von einer
    Zeichnung,die das Mädchen kurz vor ihrem Tod angefertigt hat.Um die
    Zeichnung deuten zu können,bittet er eine Psychologin um Rat.Ohne
    wirkliche Informationen über den Mörder,geht Jerry seinem Hobby,
    dem Angeln,nach und fährt dafür weiter abseits in die Berge.Später
    kauft er eine alte verkommmene Tankstelle und zieht dort ein.
    Schließlich lernt er in einer Bar die Bedienung Lori und ihre kleine,auf-
    geweckte Tochter Chrissy kennen.Als Lori spät abends und von ihrem
    Ex-Mann verprügelt bei Jerry Schutz sucht,schlägt dieser ihr vor,bei
    ihm einzuziehen.Fort an wohnen alle drei zusammen in der Tankstelle.
    Sie verstehen sich sehr gut und scheinen nach außen hin sogar wie
    eine kleine glückliche Familie.Doch der Schein trügt.Jerrys inneres Ver-
    langen,den Mörder zu finden (beziehungsweise das Versprechen ein-
    zuhalten) verändert ihn.So entwickelt er einen Plan,der ihm später
    zum Verhängnis wird.

    Der Film "The Pledge" ist für Zuschauer,welche den darauf basieren-
    den Roman nicht kennen,an manchen Stellen schwer zu verstehen.Die
    zweiteilige Exposition wäre hier ein Beispiel.Zuerst wird der unwissen-
    de Zuschauer mit einer Szene konfrontiert,die im Film erst viel später
    auftaucht.Es gibt einen Zeitsprung und der zweite Teil der Exposition
    wirft den Zuschauer zwar nicht direkt ins Geschehen,aber beinhaltet
    durchaus Hinweise,die im weiteren Verlauf des Films nicht näher er-
    läutert werden.Diese Kombination könnte den Zuschauer anfangs
    schnell verwirren,da er keinen optimalen Überblick über die Filmwelt
    erhält.In "The Pledge" werden zeitliche Verhältnisse gut eingebaut,da
    es gelegentlich einen Wechsel zweier Szenen gibt.Ein Beispiel wäre
    hier der ständige Wechsel zwischen der Abschiedsparty und der Ent-
    deckung der Leiche.Darüber hinaus erzeugt dies ebenfalls Spannung.
    Desweiteren gibt es in "The Pledge" einige Unterschiede zum Kriminal-
    roman,durch die man bestimmte Handlungen besser nachvollziehen
    kann.Ein geeignetes Beispiel wäre hier,dass es im Film einen
    speziellen Grund gegeben hat,warum Jerry mit Lori und Chrissy
    zusammengezogen ist (im Roman wären es Matthäi,Heller und
    Annemarie).Beziehungsweise warum Lori sein Angebot annahm.Im
    Roman wird kein Aufschluss darüber gegeben.In "The Pledge" wird die
    Wandlung des Kriminalbeamten Jerry Black sehr gut dargestellt.Meiner
    Meinung nach,ist es absolut wichtig,dies auch im Film erkennen zu
    können,da diese Wandlung der absolute Kern der gesamten Roman-
    handlung ist.Den Zuschauern werden durch passenden Kameraein-
    stellungen,unterstreichenden Sounds und übertriebenen Reaktion der
    Hauptfigur bewusst,was in Jerrys Kopf vorgeht.Szenen,in welchen
    Jerry übertrieben reagiert,verleihen dem Film zusätzlich einen
    gewissen Humor,der aufgrund der schrecklichen Taten gut gebraucht
    werden kann.Die Umgebung des Films passt meines Erachtens sehr
    gut zur Handlung und beinhaltet teilweise die Stimmung,die vom Pro-
    duzent erreicht werden möchte.Außerdem sind die schauspielerischen
    Leistungen dem Roman sehr gut entnommen worden.Insgesamt würde
    ich den Film "The Pledge" Zuschauern empfehlen,welche den Roman
    kennen,da es trotz der Kenntnis über das Ende einige Unterschiede
    in der Handlung gibt,die den Film aufregend und emotional halten.
    Meiner Meinung nach ist "The Pledge" also absolut sehenswert.
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  • HELENE VEILLETTE
    4.0 out of 5 stars ok
    Reviewed in Canada on 20 March 2023
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    ok
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