The Pledge

The Pledge

  • Director: Sean Penn
  • Writer: Friedrich Dürrenmatt,Jerzy Kromolowski,Mary Olson-
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 19, 2001
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Código de honor
  • "The Pledge" is a crime drama film directed by Sean Justin Penn and starring Benicio Del Toro and Jack Nicholson . The film was released in the United States on January 9, 2001. 
    The film tells the story of police officer Jerry Black, who was moved by the victim's mother when he was about to retire due to a tricky murder of a young girl. He vowed to find the murderer. 

    Details

    • Release date January 19, 2001
    • Filming locations Hope, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies Morgan Creek Entertainment, Franchise Pictures, Clyde Is Hungry Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $35,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $19,733,089

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $5,765,347

    Gross worldwide

    $29,419,291

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alysson 2022-02-16 08:01:07

      Life is sometimes too cruel

      Life is cruel, and sometimes God’s tricks are so cruel, and movies always remind us again and again.

      After the old police retired, he bought a gas station in the small town and lived a peaceful life with a mother and daughter. The tragic murder that happened at the beginning of the film seems to be gradually washed away in the quiet days. However, the vows made to the mother of the victimized little girl lingered in his heart, so many years later, he began to investigate the case and...

    • By Cassandra 2022-02-16 08:01:07

      DETAIL MEANS LOT

      I always think that the plot of a good movie should be natural, without any far-fetched arrangements, showing that fate guides the movie rather than the movie guides the fate. The establishment of the oath of this film is based on the mother’s tears and the compulsive "YOU PROMISE TO" ME? YOU PROMISE TO MY DAUGHTER IN FRONT OF LORD?" The mother holding a cross and asking questions step by step completely subverted the weak and crying image before. At that moment, the old police didn't need to...

    • By Melyssa 2022-02-16 08:01:07

      Then you are really cruel

      At the end of the film, the police officer sat alone under the scorching afternoon sun, muttering nervously, the surrounding hot wind made his head dizzy...buzzing...his auditory hallucinations became more and more serious...

      I too Like him, he was crazy with depression.

      Sean Penn, then you are cruel!

       

      Actually, even if it wasn't for that special ending, I would still like this movie. Because in the first half, it is such a pure film, purely telling a...

    • By Linnea 2022-02-16 08:01:07

      Use the rhythm of "Golden Pond" to make a realistic film that emphasizes psychological description

      Sean Penn’s movie, Mystic River is indeed at its peak, and other movies will make it easier to see the director’s personality. There is no doubt that the man who used to be the "sexiest in the universe" in Madonna's eyes would be domestic violence. A very realistic movie, but tells the story in a patient way, from time to time I give you 5 seconds of pictures of small creeks, small rivers and high mountains. The step of making movies like this is in this era when even American dramas can’t wait...

    • By Angie 2022-02-16 08:01:07

      Too cruel

      I have nothing to do, and I want to find a simple film to kill time. The name of this film seems to be an ordinary good and evil ending, and the score is OK. The previous ones were pretty good, but thinking about the scores, the hunch got worse and worse. Just keep this rhythm, at most a passing score, there must be a bad reversal..., it turned out that it ended, and I was depressed after reading it. For a long time, I can't let go of it for a few days!

      The colleague pityed him, the...

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    • By Lukas 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Is porcupine a little porcupine or a hedgehog?...

    • By Brandt 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The protagonist is very well done! The story is also very good, especially the ending is very sad. Sean Penn directing and acting is my...

    • By Arielle 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Sean Penn has a strong sense of shot scheduling, all kinds of close-ups and odd angles, but it's like a montage of sideshows out of the narrative. Twenty years ago, the idea of ​​this story was pretty good. Coupled with Sean Penn's popularity, every time I can find Nicholson to star in the film I directed, it's a pity such a good resource. I remember when I first watched this film when I was an undergraduate, Xue Xiaolu talked about it once, and I was a little impressed. At that time, Xue was...

    • By Nikita 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      To be honest, I saw the trailer in 2001 and thought it would be a particularly exciting crime movie, but a few years later I saw it in "A Date with a Good Movie" and found that it was not a standard genre...

    • By Lexi 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The sincerity of the old police moved the sky, and finally God came to...

    Movie plot

    In 1950, a small town in the Midwest of the United States, because it was far from the city, the environment here was particularly quiet, coupled with the simplicity of the people and the abundance of people's hard work, the remote town was not lonely at all. However, a sudden murder broke the peace of the town. Before people woke up, several similar murders happened one after another. The dead were all underage children. The righteous...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Pledge" is a fascinating psychological thriller, and most importantly, after a strong opening, it still maintains a humble character. Slow pace is an important element in the film’s structure. The film’s characteristic is that a specific event can always return in the form of a small coincidence, but all of this is within the theme: commitment is debt   . Different from ordinary police movies, in addition to the intense and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Duane Larsen: I want to see my daughter.

      Jerry Black: I don't think that would be a good idea.

      Duane Larsen: WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD IDEA?

      Jerry Black: Because we hardly dared to look ourselves.

    • [first lines]

      Jerry Black: She said it. She said it. She did.

    • [last lines]

      Jerry Black: She said it. She said it. She did.