Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Well worth watching. Not the Same old same Old. An excellent human interest story.
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| Title Statement | The covenant [videorecording] / directed by Guy Ritchie ; written by Guy Ritchie and Ivan Atkinson & Marn Davies ; produced by Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, John Friedberg, Josh Berger ; Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures presents ; STXfilms presents ; a Toff Guy production ; a film by Guy Ritchie. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Guy Ritchie's The covenant |
| Additional Contributors | Atkinson, Ivan |
| Beecham, Emily,1984- | |
| Berger, Josh | |
| Davies, Marn | |
| Friedberg, John | |
| Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980- | |
| Ludwig, Alexander,1992- | |
| Miller, Jonny Lee | |
| Ritchie, Guy | |
| Sagar, Sean | |
| Salim, Dar,1977- | |
| Schofield, Bobby,1993- | |
| Starr, Antony,1975- | |
| Publication | Burbank, CA: Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.,[2023]©2023 |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (123 minutes) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 883929812523 |
| Other Number | av07309129 |
| General Notes | Originally released as a motion picture in 2023. Title from container. |
| Production Credits | Director of photography, Ed Wild ; edited by James Herbert ; music by Chris Benstead. |
| Performance Credits | Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Sean Sagar, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller. |
| Audience & Ratings | Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and brief drug content. |
| Languages | Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in Spanish, captions in English, accessible audio track in English. |
| System Details | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Summary | 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 first. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Afghan War, 2001-2021--Fiction |
| Male friendship--Fiction | |
| Soldiers--Fiction | |
| Translators--Fiction | |
| By Genre | Action and adventure films |
| Feature films | |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities | |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired | |
| War films | |
