Review: Jake Gyllenhaal stars as an American soldier who feels compelled to rescue his Afghan interpreter, in hiding and hunted by the Taliban
There is still lots of shooting and violence, but very little of the quippy, winky, nudge-nudgey humor the director is known for, in a screenplay co-written with his frequent collaborators Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Their last work together, the “Mission Impossible”-lite action thriller “Ritchie takes more than half the film to set up the premise: After a team led by Sgt.
But John is a man of action, and so is Guy Ritchie. You can imagine the violent release that transpires in the film’s second half, which delivers on the implicit promise of the film’s title. CNN’s Jake Tapper, who introduced a screening of the movie before an appreciative, invited audience at the U.S.
This one does, and not without power. Gyllenhaal and Salim are both solid in their roles, and Ritchie shows us — at times with more detail and at greater length than is necessary — just what Ahmed endured to save John. It’s obvious why the American feels an obligation to him. A greater mystery is why Ahmed sacrifices so much for the American soldier, who at first is brusque and distrustful of the interpreter.
Hey, I never said “The Covenant” wasn’t manipulative. It is — skillfully, entertainingly and at times almost overbearingly so. But oh, boy, does it work.
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