Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Gyllenhaal is good as the intense American sergeant...

[Gyllenhaal 's] energy is perfect for the relatively sober-minded The Covenant — and allows space for Dar Salim to shine, in a more substantial lead than the majority of his Hollywood roles have afforded him so far.

Though the movie is fictional, the uncertain fate of thousands of real Afghan interpreters after the hurried 2021 US withdrawal gives it genuine heft.

This feels like a breath of fresh air [for Guy Ritchie]. He is really reinvigorated by paring it down.

The perfect two person story.

This gripping look at war gets under your skin.

In telling a specific story of wartime camaraderie, the film offers good fodder for discussions of grace, guilt, and the gospel.

It is a tight drama that looks at the war in Afghanistan in 2018 and its aftermath that works on multiple levels and is so finely written that it flows from beginning to end.

In a film that is supposed to focus on the tragedy of Afghan civilians during and after the war, it is at least disconcerting that the point of view is that of Sergeant Kinley... [Full review in Spanish]

I am really frustrated by this one even as a massive fan of Guy Ritchies...