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Title: Icky Topic
Review: I went to see "The Pledge" purely because of its very good director and an excellent cast. Jack is always at his best and he did very well here again. I'm not worried about revealing the actor who played the killer because as soon as I saw his name on the opening credits, it was very obvious that it had to be... "Tom Noonan". All of you should have, or will, pick that up too. A bit typecast. However, the choice of this seedy topic is not one I was too keen on viewing. Even though the issue is a possible reality in our sometimes sick and evil world, I would have preferred if the topic were altered to exclude violence on children. Personally, I don't care to view bloodied bodies of kids. It makes me wanna go grab the murderer and smack his head in. Otherwise, the movie was well made, but it left me with anger over how anyone could perpetrate such a crime. And, insanity is not an excuse.
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