Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

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Gyllenhaal offers a solid turn as the cynical but still duty-bound veteran, and Salim brings real personality and spark to the interpreter with more skills than the average bear. is a cleanly divided drama where a life-saving action in its first half is eventually reciprocated in the home stretch.

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary. Media Play just put out this past week that physical sales are being driven by the age group 25 and younger. Ahmed ends up putting his own life on the line after the Taliban kills his son, and that includes saving the lives of Kinley and others. They figure that if there’s no discs or the discs suck, we’ll just give up and go exclusively to streaming.The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. He’s put his trust in their local interpreter, but also in knowledge of the communities of the surrounding areas. If you’ve not been spoiled by 4K, don’t think that something can’t look good just because it lacks that moniker. Add to that, I’m a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal who seems to bring another layer of depth to his character.

During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.For more about The Covenant and the The Covenant Blu-ray release, see the The Covenant Blu-ray Review published by Randy Miller III on June 18, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 3. As we might imagine, the color palette is a bit on the muted side with earthy tones taking front and center. During another raid to check for a possible insurgent arms cache about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Bagram Air Base, Kinley's unit is attacked by Taliban reinforcements, who kill everyone except for him and Ahmed. While the genre might be for everyone, this is certainly one worth checking out if the mood hits you. Seven weeks later, Kinley, having been repatriated to his home in Santa Clarita, California, is completely unaware of how he was saved, but understands Ahmed's role in it.