Movie: The Pledge(2001)

Tripple Oscar winning thespian Nicholson teams up for the second time with Sean Penn to produce this offbeat, 'wierd' detective tale.
Nicholson plays an aging detective just 6 hours from retirement. He takes on the task of solving the murder of a young girl. His partner forces a confession of the murder from a retarde man.
The detective is not convinced that they have the right man and goes on a search till it becomes a sick obsession. The end is unexpected but a real nadir.
Moral: Offbeat endings do not always a good movie make.
Grade: Fair