Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant review: Jake Gyllenhaal can't rescue this Afghan war drama
The script, credited to Guy Ritchie and the team of Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, has no take whatsoever on the war itself. The scope of what is covered is very narrow, just a few soldiers at the beginning, then dwindling to just the two lead characters. The audience gets no insight on what any of them think about the war or its morality. They seem to be only concerned with the tasks at hand. Words like “traitor” are bandied about, with no nuance given to the complexity of the situation.
The part of the film that most feels like Ritchie’s other movies involves the mission. A group of men come together to do something. Instead of the usual spies or small-time criminals, it’s soldiers in Afghanistan. But the relationships and the attitudes are part and parcel of Ritchie’s other movies. Thenveers into a survival story as two men try to outmaneuver the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. And finally we get the rescue and escape mission.
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