....and when I say "adult movie" I don't mean one of THOSE adult movies! It's just that adjectives such as adult, mature and grown up aren't normally associated with Guy Ritchie movies, no bad thing either as what's wrong with having a bit of fun? Although just why GR decided to include his own name in the title is a little hint at hubris. I understand there is another film titled The Covenant but why couldn't Ritchie just call the movie something else? Kinley's Covenant perhaps? Anyway, the end result is a decent bit of film making. The first and third acts are the best however the second act drags a bit ( did you see what I did there, drags a bit ) The problem with the second act is it significantly slows down the pace of the movie to a literal crawl while at the same time feeling a bit rushed and superficial. You could make a two hour movie simply chronicling the story of how an Afghan interpreter literally drags a critically wounded US soldier over 100 km to safety and the subsequent struggle that soldier has to get his saviour out of Afghanistan and it still wouldn't be enough. But I guess you have to pay the bills so Richie book ends that story with some gun ho action. The elephant in the room, how the US forces simply abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban isn't mentioned which is a shame as it makes a good case for the futility of war.
Review of Guy Ritchie's the Covenant
