Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

Directed by

Guy Ritchie

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

R

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 3,240 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. Army Green Beret survives a Taliban ambush with the help of his Afghan interpreter. He later risks everything to rescue the interpreter and repay the debt.

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What happens

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (or simply The Covenant) is a 2023 American action drama film produced and directed by Guy Ritchie and co-written with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. Its plot follows John Kinley, a U.S. Army Green Beret Master Sergeant sent home after surviving a Taliban ambush and a harrowing trek to safety, and his subsequent journey to rescue Ahmed, his Afghan interpreter, whom John feels indebted to for saving his life. The film was theatrically released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and STXfilms in the United States on April 21, 2023, received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $21 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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