10.5.7 and Macbook Pro won't reboot!!

I've updated to 10.5.7 this morning and my system is just sitting here rebooting over and over. It brings up the Apple logo without the spinning wheel, sits for 5 minutes, then reboots again... just does it over and over again.
Can anyone tell me what I might do to force it to reboot?
Thanks,
glenn

This works on an MBP? Because when I hold down the shift key and press power button nothing happens. I hold and hold and it just sits there with a white screen. When I release, I get the apple that just sits forever and never moves. What is the exact procedure for doing this?
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