Director:
Guy RitchieCámara:
Ed WildMúsica:
Christopher BensteadReparto:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Alexander Ludwig, Emily Beecham, Antony Starr, Bobby Schofield, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Sagar, Jason Wong, James Nelson-Joyce (más)Streaming (1)
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Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
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En los últimos años, Guy Ritchie ha sido un cineasta inesperadamente interesante que, además de tonterías comerciales bien ejecutadas, de vez en cuando hace una película "más pequeña", algo cruel y muy honestamente realizada. Después de Gentlemen (Los señores de la mafia) y Despierta la furia, viene con El pacto (The Covenant), que no es necesariamente lo mejor del trío mencionado, pero al menos logró transformar un soplo de energía creativa en la experiencia posterior del público. En la primera mitad, Ritchie cuenta un drama bélico casi procedimental, solo para cambiar al modo de John Woo y su exagerada acción de "bromance" en la segunda mitad, que culmina en un largo montaje fetichista del inconmensurable esfuerzo físico y emocional que un compinche puede hacer para salvar al otro.
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La testosterona se encuentra con el carácter. Guy Ritchie eclipsa la película de género de acción pura de Berg El único superviviente porque no es solamente una película de género de acción pura. Tiene una historia más fuerte, o mejor dicho, de la historia que tiene, sabe hacer un espectáculo dramáticamente más profundo con una superposición de ideas. Los disparos están en el segundo lugar. Reparto muy bien elegido y de nuevo, una actuación fantástica de Jake Gyllenhaal. Motivo Buddy con Dar Salim, minimalista en gestos, pero aún más poderoso en su esencia. Compromisos y principios en un código masculino irrebatible.
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It's refreshing to see Guy Ritchie tackle a more serious topic instead of his usual pop culture-heavy fare. The Covenant is a solid piece of filmmaking. The story of Afghan translators deserves attention — they risk not just their lives but also the safety of their loved ones. The film perfectly captures the war-torn atmosphere and delivers flawless action sequences, all underscored by a strong sense of honor. And as any man can attest, honor is the highest virtue we can offer.
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Guy Ritchie and his war movie The Covenant! Anyone who likes these modern Afghan war dramas will not be disappointed here. It may not surpass it's related brethren in terms of genre, but it maintains a similar high standard of craftsmanship and that's the most important thing. The first half hour is slower, but then it picks up decently with a cool action sequence involving a Taliban ambush, culminating in an uncompromising survival drama with two great actors – Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim (great chemistry, fatality, manly words). It is a very suspenseful sequence with a thumping soundtrack where the viewer is slowly left breathless. The second half is a little different, but definitely not bad. Gyllenhaal shows off his acting skills to the max, and even though the action drops, it's still a very engaging and high quality film that culminates in another action intensive finale on a bridge. There's not much to fault the film, there's simply everything you'd expect from an proper and well made modern actioner. Admittedly I don't quite have the urge to see The Covenant again straight away as I did with 13 Hours of Benghazi or Lone Survivor, for example, which I have a notch above. But this one too is a great flick that shouldn't offend anyone. Ritchie is awesome and an expert on macho movies. Leave the women in the kitchen and The Covenant with a beer won’t disappoint. 8/10.
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Episode 1: The Trap. Episode 2: Survive. Episode 3: Conscience Glows Orange, Waiting for the Green Light from the Wife. Episode 4: Settled Debt. The first brings masculinity and testosterone, the second the calm strength of Dar Salim, in the third it becomes clear that the director isn't quite confident with characters free of exaggeration, and in the fourth, the commitment is fulfilled according to the expected last-minute notes. Ritchie is creatively stifled outside his islands, and in the last few slow-motion seconds, I wondered if he had handed over the director’s chair to Peter Berg, but as an example from the code of honor, which internally tells a person what is right to do, it had an impact on me. Just like when the Angel of Death appeared without the silhouette of flares that gave him his name.
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