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In the movie The Pledge, director Sean Penn delivers a suspenseful and compelling mixture of murder and faith. Not only does he force us as viewers to examine our own opinions of good and evil throughout the twisted plot of the film, but he also keeps our attention with his unique editing style. Early on in the film, we are introduced to an underlying theme concerning religion, which will carry on until the very end …showed first 75 words of 1314 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1314 total…view of good versus evil, where someone that we would believe was a good person turns out to be the one committing some of the most gruesome crimes you could imagine. In terms of religion, this film also teaches us that to be truly good in the eyes of God, you must not only prove yourself through your religious commitment to it, but also through your actions, which is a good lesson for us all.