The Covenant (2023)
Genre: Action / Thriller
Duration: 123 minuten
Alternative title: Guy Ritchie's the Covenant
Country:
United Kingdom / Spain
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim and Alexander Ludwig
IMDb score:
7,5 (209.323)
Releasedate: 19 April 2023
The Covenant plot
"A bond. A pledge. A commitment."
'The Covenant' follows Sergeant John Kinley during his last tour of duty in Afghanistan. During the service, John is in close contact with a local interpreter named Ahmed. When the unit is ambushed, John and Ahmed are the only survivors. Ahmed will have to risk his life to bring a badly injured John to safety over miles of grueling terrain.
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Actors and actresses
Sgt. John Kinley
Ahmed
Eddie Parker
Sgt. Declan O'Brady
Colonel Vokes
Caroline Kinley
Joshua Jung
Steve Kersher
Zaman
Charlie Crowther
Reviews & comments
Naudsaf
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- 28 messages
- 57 votes
Good movie, very entertaining, quite exciting too.
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mrklm
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- 11946 messages
- 10230 votes
Guy Ritchie is, to put it mildly, not the most logical choice to plead for the Afghan interpreters who provided vital support to US troops under the assumption that they would receive a residence permit and a home in the United States in return. John Kinley [Jake Gyllenhaal] leads a unit in Lashkar Gah in 2018 and is skeptical about the role of interpreter Ahmed [Dar Salim] at first. Ritchie (surprisingly) manages to convey the development of mutual understanding convincingly. Ahmed saves Kinley's life, but while the injured Kinley is received at home, Ahmed has to go into hiding in his own country with his wife and child. Kinley does his best to pay the debt of honor by attempting to secure that promised visa for Ahmed, but is met with a wall of reluctance and bureaucracy. Gyllenhaal and Gah lend depth and dignity to the two main characters in this true-to-life war drama that proves that Ritchie can do more than make fun, airheaded crime comedies.
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martijnk
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- 779 messages
- 313 votes
In any case, it is not a typical Guy Ritchie film and I mean that positively because apart from Lock Stock and Snatch it has not produced anything decent.
The film was certainly entertaining and entertaining, although I didn't really like Gyllenhaal. A bit miscast even, I think it would have been better with a different actor. He's a bit too metrosexual for such a role as a sergeant in the army, not dominant enough.
The other downside is that the Taliban are like computer game enemies. They are stupid, can't shoot and like to be shot easily.
But the action scenes are beautifully filmed, you feel yourself being hunted by the Taliban and that worked out well. Great movie for a Saturday night where you don't feel like thinking much with a bowl of popcorn on the side.
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Gerlof78
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- 768 messages
- 575 votes
Well made action/thriller by Guy Ritchie, of which I can appreciate his latest films. I thought the setting and story were the highlight and certainly the acting of Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim stands out a bit above that. Other than that, a good movie that never gets boring.
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