Veterans Day is a federal holiday that honors the men and women who served.
Countless films have been made about their bravery, heroism and sacrifice.
Here are eight films to stream on Veterans Day this year:
“12 Strong”
Chris Hemsworth leads a special team of Green Berets chosen to be the first U.S.
troops sent into Afghanistan in the days following the 9/11 attacks on the WOrld Trade Center.
“12 Strong” is streaming on Hulu.
“1917” (2019)
Sam Mendes directs this harrowing tale of survival. When the British army receives vital intel about German battle plans, two British corporals are tasked with spreading the news. Communication lines down, the two men must travel on foot across enemy lines in a race to deliver the message in time and prevent 1,600 of their fellow troops from blindly walking into an insurmountable attack.
“1917” is streaming on Paramount+.
“All Quiet on the Western Front...
Countless films have been made about their bravery, heroism and sacrifice.
Here are eight films to stream on Veterans Day this year:
“12 Strong”
Chris Hemsworth leads a special team of Green Berets chosen to be the first U.S.
troops sent into Afghanistan in the days following the 9/11 attacks on the WOrld Trade Center.
“12 Strong” is streaming on Hulu.
“1917” (2019)
Sam Mendes directs this harrowing tale of survival. When the British army receives vital intel about German battle plans, two British corporals are tasked with spreading the news. Communication lines down, the two men must travel on foot across enemy lines in a race to deliver the message in time and prevent 1,600 of their fellow troops from blindly walking into an insurmountable attack.
“1917” is streaming on Paramount+.
“All Quiet on the Western Front...
- 11/11/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
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Guy Ritchie’s “The Covenant,” after releasing in theaters in April, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The wartime thriller is also available to rent for $5.99 or buy for $19.99.
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Directed by Guy Ritchie, “The Covenant” tells the story of John Kinley, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a U.S. Army Master Sgt. who risks his life to save a local interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim...
Guy Ritchie’s “The Covenant,” after releasing in theaters in April, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The wartime thriller is also available to rent for $5.99 or buy for $19.99.
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Directed by Guy Ritchie, “The Covenant” tells the story of John Kinley, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a U.S. Army Master Sgt. who risks his life to save a local interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim...
- 9/25/2023
- by Rudie Obias
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Sean Sagar, Jason Wong, Rhys Yates, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller, Alexander Ludwig | Written by Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies | Directed by Guy Ritchie
As on-screen text reads, the U.S. responded to 9/11 by deploying troops to Afghanistan. As the number of troops rose across the next decade, the U.S. military employed Afghan interpreters under an agreement that they would be eligible for Special Immigration Visas and relocation to America. That work is seen as the film flashes to 2018, when a routine check ends with a vehicle explosion and lives lost.
Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) leads a unit whose mission is to locate Taliban firearms and munitions, which includes a replacement interpreter in the form of Ahmed (Dar Salim). While considerably disliked, the interpreter proves himself a valuable member as he deduces an ambush lurking ahead of the unit.
As on-screen text reads, the U.S. responded to 9/11 by deploying troops to Afghanistan. As the number of troops rose across the next decade, the U.S. military employed Afghan interpreters under an agreement that they would be eligible for Special Immigration Visas and relocation to America. That work is seen as the film flashes to 2018, when a routine check ends with a vehicle explosion and lives lost.
Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) leads a unit whose mission is to locate Taliban firearms and munitions, which includes a replacement interpreter in the form of Ahmed (Dar Salim). While considerably disliked, the interpreter proves himself a valuable member as he deduces an ambush lurking ahead of the unit.
- 6/14/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is not the kind of movie you’d expect from a director of black comedy, but instead, a deeper look into humans and their psyche against the backdrop of a war-torn country. Sergeant John Kinley, the leader of a military outfit stationed in Afghanistan in 2018. Ahmed Abdullah (Dar Salim) is employed by Kinley as the official interpreter for the military team, but when things turn hairy, Kinley and Ahmed end up forming a bond that goes far beyond any monetary agreements. Today we look at Ahmed Abdullah and how his humanity drove him to such immense lengths to save a fellow human being.
We all know Afghanistan is rated the most unsafe country in the world after the US Army pulled out of the nation in 2021, but what about the 20 years when the US military was a common sight in the streets of Kabul? The...
We all know Afghanistan is rated the most unsafe country in the world after the US Army pulled out of the nation in 2021, but what about the 20 years when the US military was a common sight in the streets of Kabul? The...
- 5/19/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Guy Ritchie is known for movies like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, black comedy movies that don’t shy away from showing death but manage to keep it light throughout. His 2023 movie, The Covenant, about the US Army’s occupation of Afghanistan before their exit in 2021 is on a different level, however. The movie is grim and shows the gritty reality of the once-beautiful nation, which is now a hub of terrorism operated by the Taliban. In such a nation, US Army sergeant John Kinley forms a bond with an Afghan interpreter, Ahmed Abdullah, and the movie shows how each man saves the other from death, paying each other’s debt. Today we look at John Kinley and his determination to save the life of the man who dragged him out of death’s door, Ahmed Abdullah.
It’s not easy overseeing a group of soldiers in...
It’s not easy overseeing a group of soldiers in...
- 5/17/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Two new featurettes on the making of Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant are available. Check them out right here on CinemaNerdz!
First, learn more about the powerful relationships forged between interpreters and soldiers in the “Battle Ready” featurette (above). Then, take a look inside the film’s incredible performances with the “Beyond the Uniform” featurette (below).
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.
About The Film
Genre: Action, Thriller Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller Director: Guy...
First, learn more about the powerful relationships forged between interpreters and soldiers in the “Battle Ready” featurette (above). Then, take a look inside the film’s incredible performances with the “Beyond the Uniform” featurette (below).
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.
About The Film
Genre: Action, Thriller Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller Director: Guy...
- 4/22/2023
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Despite a solid 25 years in the business and a slew of hits to his name, it still feels somewhat premature for Guy Ritchie to be putting his name in the title of his latest film. Officially billed as Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, ostensibly to avoid confusion with a 2006 sexy witches movie, it’s all a touch too easy to make fun of. Ritchie has never been a director who commands the respect of critics with his bloke-friendly gangster fare proving extremely influential—particularly Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000)—if not necessarily acclaimed. Yet his impact is undeniable, and he’s been a consistently excellent director of genre fare with a specific vision, even as the face of blockbuster cinema has remodelled itself in the franchise era.
Over the past few years, Ritchie ventured into more traditional Hollywood fare, including the unavoidable realm of Disney live-action remakes via 2019’s Aladdin.
Over the past few years, Ritchie ventured into more traditional Hollywood fare, including the unavoidable realm of Disney live-action remakes via 2019’s Aladdin.
- 4/22/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
On April 21, “‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” was released by MGM, with Guy Ritchie at the helm as director, writer and producer. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as US Army Sergeant John Kinley, who is saved by an Afghan interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim). When Ahmed’s life is later threatened for doing so, Kinley returns to Afghanistan to rescue him from the Taliban.
The movie opened to predominantly positive reviews, holding fresh at 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus reading, “A satisfying, well-acted war thriller with surprising dramatic depths, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant tells a solid story with impressive restraint.” The ensemble cast includes Jonny Lee Miller, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Fahim Fazli, Jason Wong and Emily Beecham. Read our full review round-up below.
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Roger Moore of Movie Nation writes, “Ritchie’s...
The movie opened to predominantly positive reviews, holding fresh at 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics’ consensus reading, “A satisfying, well-acted war thriller with surprising dramatic depths, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant tells a solid story with impressive restraint.” The ensemble cast includes Jonny Lee Miller, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Fahim Fazli, Jason Wong and Emily Beecham. Read our full review round-up below.
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Roger Moore of Movie Nation writes, “Ritchie’s...
- 4/21/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: In Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, Jake Gyllenhaal throws on the military fatigues he hasn’t worn since 2005’s Jarhead, this time joined by an award-winning actor and real-life veteran in Dar Salim. In the new action movie from STX and MGM, Gyllenhaal plays U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Kinley, whose bond with his interpreter, Ahmed (Salim), only grows after their unit is ambushed by the Taliban. After Kinley is injured during the escape, Ahmed embarks on a Herculean effort to carry Kinley across the Afghanistan mountains to safety. When Ahmed is unable to get a visa to get him and his family to the U.S., Kinley risks his life to return to Afghanistan and save him.
The film, which hits theaters Friday, features the edge-of-your seat suspense and impressive action sequences that Ritchie is known for, but it also shows the bond soldiers have with their interpreters...
The film, which hits theaters Friday, features the edge-of-your seat suspense and impressive action sequences that Ritchie is known for, but it also shows the bond soldiers have with their interpreters...
- 4/21/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Dar Salim (left) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) as Sgt. John Kinley in ‘The Covenant’ (Photo
Credit: Christopher Raphael © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc)
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie steps out of his comfort zone of flashy action scenes and characters with witty stylish dialogue to take on a down-to-earth, gritty, serious war story about loyalty and courage with Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.
The film focuses on U.S. Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his unit hunting for Taliban forces in Afghanistan. During a routine checkpoint, the unit’s interpreter is killed when a bomb explodes. Back at the airbase, Kinley handpicks a new Afghan interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim), despite his reputation of being hard to get along with.
It’s not long before Kinley and Ahmed are strongly disagreeing on how to go about hunting the Taliban. On one dirt road search, Ahmed tells Kinley to stop and that they...
Credit: Christopher Raphael © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc)
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie steps out of his comfort zone of flashy action scenes and characters with witty stylish dialogue to take on a down-to-earth, gritty, serious war story about loyalty and courage with Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.
The film focuses on U.S. Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his unit hunting for Taliban forces in Afghanistan. During a routine checkpoint, the unit’s interpreter is killed when a bomb explodes. Back at the airbase, Kinley handpicks a new Afghan interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim), despite his reputation of being hard to get along with.
It’s not long before Kinley and Ahmed are strongly disagreeing on how to go about hunting the Taliban. On one dirt road search, Ahmed tells Kinley to stop and that they...
- 4/21/2023
- by Kevin Finnerty
- Showbiz Junkies
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on April 20th, reviewing “The Covenant,” which features Jake Gyllenhaal in a tense war drama, set in Afghanistan. In theaters on April 21st.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film is set during the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. Jake Gyllenhaal is John Kinley, an Army reconnaissance expert searching for the Taliban enemy who plants IEDs on the roadsides. He takes in a new interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim) who has a deeper revenge factor against the enemy. In their mission, they fall into an ambush, and Kinley is severely injured. In an incredible turn of events, Ahmed drags Kinley for miles back to the base, even though they’re on the Taliban most wanted list. The military finds Kinley but Ahmed disappears, so the now army veteran wants to go back in country to find his friend.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film is set during the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. Jake Gyllenhaal is John Kinley, an Army reconnaissance expert searching for the Taliban enemy who plants IEDs on the roadsides. He takes in a new interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim) who has a deeper revenge factor against the enemy. In their mission, they fall into an ambush, and Kinley is severely injured. In an incredible turn of events, Ahmed drags Kinley for miles back to the base, even though they’re on the Taliban most wanted list. The military finds Kinley but Ahmed disappears, so the now army veteran wants to go back in country to find his friend.
- 4/21/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Guy Richie’s war film “The Covenant” explores the unique relationships between interpreters and soldiers that are often formed on foreign battlefields. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Sergeant John Kinley and follows his relationship with Afghan interpreter Ahmed (played by Dar Salim) as he attempts to navigate the war in Afghanistan. The film premieres in movie theaters on Friday, April 21.
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Ahmed’s bond with Kinley is so strong that he goes to great lengths to save the Sergeant during war. However, when American troops are withdrawn from the country, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to the United States and decides that he needs to return to the war zone to repay his debt to Ahmed before the Taliban can reach him.
Check out the trailer for ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’:
The film has enjoyed a positive response from...
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Ahmed’s bond with Kinley is so strong that he goes to great lengths to save the Sergeant during war. However, when American troops are withdrawn from the country, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to the United States and decides that he needs to return to the war zone to repay his debt to Ahmed before the Taliban can reach him.
Check out the trailer for ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’:
The film has enjoyed a positive response from...
- 4/21/2023
- by Ree Winter
- The Streamable
Yes, the arrival of the big Summer escapist movie season looms with the big Marvel tentpole flick taking over the multiplex in just a couple of weeks. Not that there’s not a lot of “light fare’ out there already as those “gaming” superstar plumbers still rule the box office. But we can still squeeze in some somber subject matter “inspired by true events”. Actually “recent” should figure into that phrase, as the themes of this story are still happening. Now one of the most surprising things about this new release is the filmmaker behind the camera, a director best known for breezy, high-energy, UK-based crime capers (like the flick that was around only a few weeks ago). Well, he must be pleased with the end results since, in a twist on the old love adage, rather than putting “a ring on it”, he put his own name on it,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In /Film's review of "Guy Ritchie's The Covenant," the critic (yours truly) made passing reference to the fact that the film was based on a real-life story, and stated that army sergeant John Kinley, the role played by Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie, was a real person. This wasn't accurate. While the film was extrapolated from a patchwork of actual events and experiences that happened during the Afghanistan war, it was not a direct biography of any one person in particular. As it happens, there is no actual person named John Kinley who fought in Afghanistan. The error has been corrected.
"The Covenant" is about how Kinley was assigned a battle-capable interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim) to help him and his platoon locate Taliban bomb-making facilities. During a raid gone awry, Kinley and Ahmed find themselves the only survivors left, trekking deep into Taliban territory. When Kinley is injured, Ahmed...
"The Covenant" is about how Kinley was assigned a battle-capable interpreter named Ahmed (Dar Salim) to help him and his platoon locate Taliban bomb-making facilities. During a raid gone awry, Kinley and Ahmed find themselves the only survivors left, trekking deep into Taliban territory. When Kinley is injured, Ahmed...
- 4/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exhibition cries for a supply of films at the box office, but a flood of titles means nothing if there isn’t any marketing money put behind it. Last weekend there were five wide releases going up against Illumination/Universal’s beast Super Mario Bros Movie. Did it even make a difference? Was a proper amount spent to get audiences in seats? Or did the studios cut their losses and only pony up so much to promote them?
However, as far as this weekend goes, enter Warner Bros and New Line’s Evil Dead Rise.
A negative pick-up for the studio during Covid, intended for HBO Max, Warners pivoted Evil Dead Rise to a theatrical release after testing this $15M budgeted pic. Following a trailer which received a rock concert reception in CineEurope, Warners committed even more to the theatrical potential of this Sam Raimi executive produced fifth installment with a fresh face cast.
However, as far as this weekend goes, enter Warner Bros and New Line’s Evil Dead Rise.
A negative pick-up for the studio during Covid, intended for HBO Max, Warners pivoted Evil Dead Rise to a theatrical release after testing this $15M budgeted pic. Following a trailer which received a rock concert reception in CineEurope, Warners committed even more to the theatrical potential of this Sam Raimi executive produced fifth installment with a fresh face cast.
- 4/19/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: During the war in Afghanistan, a U.S. Army Sergeant (Jake Gyllenhaal) is saved from capture by the Taliban by his interpreter (Dar Salim). After returning home, he discovers that the man he owes his life to has vanished and has a price on his head, leading to him embarking on a desperate mission to repay his debt.
Review: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is a welcome change of pace for the director. While Ritchie is well-known for embracing a cheeky sense of humour in many of his action movies (most recently in Operation Fortune: Ruse du Guerre), this one is more along the lines of his earlier Wrath of Man, eschewing any sense of levity to tell a profoundly affecting war story. While the premise may make it sound like a buddy movie, Ritchie takes the story in unexpected directions, broken down into a solid three-act structure that gives both leads,...
Review: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is a welcome change of pace for the director. While Ritchie is well-known for embracing a cheeky sense of humour in many of his action movies (most recently in Operation Fortune: Ruse du Guerre), this one is more along the lines of his earlier Wrath of Man, eschewing any sense of levity to tell a profoundly affecting war story. While the premise may make it sound like a buddy movie, Ritchie takes the story in unexpected directions, broken down into a solid three-act structure that gives both leads,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
I’m not sure why director Guy Ritchie has his name in the title of his latest film, but because this is I think the best Ritchie movie I have seen, I will pass up the chance to snark at the only misstep in Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. It about as exciting, gripping and moving as war films get — especially one set in the murky Afghanistan conflict in which the U.S. found itself immersed for more than two decades.
This smartly focuses on two men, the apparently iconic U.S. Army Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). And no, this is not based on real people, at least not by name, but rather is a fictional account of what many involved in that war went through, and in the case of the interpreters, still are going through (the film’s end credits state...
This smartly focuses on two men, the apparently iconic U.S. Army Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). And no, this is not based on real people, at least not by name, but rather is a fictional account of what many involved in that war went through, and in the case of the interpreters, still are going through (the film’s end credits state...
- 4/19/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie's filmography is, like Sam Peckinpah before him, replete with assertive, unabashed maleness. With the possible exception of "Aladdin," Ritchie's films hover on the concerns of dudes being dudes, usually bonding over their mutual passions for criminality and violence. When he makes gangster movies, he's careful to include multiple scenes of his characters hanging out, chatting, and generally enjoying being blokes. His spies and detectives tended to be obsessed with fashionably outshining the men closest to them. Femaleness is rarely Ritichie's focus, as he lives in the realm of lager louts. Even his Arthurian movie, the legendary bomb "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword," featured a scene wherein the title monarch reveals his famous Round Table to his beer-drinking knights. "It's a table," he said. "You sit at it." Actual warmth and tender emotions aren't to be much expected from Ritchie's protagonists.
It's curious, then, that...
It's curious, then, that...
- 4/18/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Last month, to my great surprise, I raved about a Guy Ritchie movie, “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre,” as an exhilarating exception to the rule of Ritchie’s style-over-substance, more-frosting-than-cake school of crime-thriller grandiloquence. The film bombed, and more critics than not disagreed with me. But I stand by my assessment of “Operation Fortune” as a diabolically entertaining screwball action-espionage caper. If you want to talk about exceptions to the rule, though, that movie has nothing on the new Guy Ritchie film, which is called (wait for it) “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.”
Ritchie’s name was reportedly added to the title because there is already a film in existence called “The Covenant.” But that sounds like an awfully thin reason to suddenly convert Ritchie into a marquee legend, and, in fact, there’s a better reason. Against all odds, he has become one of the best directors working. “The Covenant...
Ritchie’s name was reportedly added to the title because there is already a film in existence called “The Covenant.” But that sounds like an awfully thin reason to suddenly convert Ritchie into a marquee legend, and, in fact, there’s a better reason. Against all odds, he has become one of the best directors working. “The Covenant...
- 4/18/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The decision to re-title “The Interpreter” to “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” is an odd one, at least on the surface. For 25 years, the filmmaker’s forte has been whiz-bang action-crime movies like “Snatch,” “RocknRolla,” and the recently released “Operation Fortune,” in which his (usually English) characters rattle off banter like actors in an improv warm-up game.
“The Covenant,” on the other hand, is arguably the director’s first foray into purely dramatic territory, the kind that has thus far occupied the margins of his work. It’s an Afghanistan war film about duty and guilt, focused on a U.S. soldier’s debt to his Afghan interpreter. The premise is hardly “Ritchie-esque” upon first glance, with a straightforward intensity that conceals no surprise tonal oscillations. However, it remains firmly within Ritchie’s stylistic wheelhouse — his command of the swiftly moving camera, and its focus on violent masculine subjects,...
“The Covenant,” on the other hand, is arguably the director’s first foray into purely dramatic territory, the kind that has thus far occupied the margins of his work. It’s an Afghanistan war film about duty and guilt, focused on a U.S. soldier’s debt to his Afghan interpreter. The premise is hardly “Ritchie-esque” upon first glance, with a straightforward intensity that conceals no surprise tonal oscillations. However, it remains firmly within Ritchie’s stylistic wheelhouse — his command of the swiftly moving camera, and its focus on violent masculine subjects,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Indiewire
What can one say about the career of Guy Ritchie? The guy was nearly as essential to the rejuvenation of the British film scene in the ’90s as Danny Boyle. His feature debut Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and immediate follow-up Snatch endure in the cultural parlance to this day. What followed was a series of unfortunate events. A misbegotten Swept Away remake starring then-wife Madonna. An underseen, overambitious existential gangster epic starring Jason Statham (Revolver). Then a “comeback” movie (RocknRolla) that underwhelmed. Cue a successful rescue by Robert Downey Jr. and Arthur Conan Doyle. Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films were hits that brought him back into the Hollywood fold. Nowadays the filmmaker is an elder-statesman-of-sorts: equal parts independent director and company man, he offers up an Aladdin for every Wrath of Man.
Which brings us to Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, an oddly titled (how many remember the Renny Harlin teen thriller?...
Which brings us to Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, an oddly titled (how many remember the Renny Harlin teen thriller?...
- 4/18/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
After building a career on flashy action, explosive set pieces and quippy bad-boy dialogue, Guy Ritchie dials things down to a pleasing degree, focusing more on human factors like honor, loyalty and dogged perseverance in the war thriller The Covenant. That doesn’t mean the director has abandoned his taste for brawny physical elements. But this is a serious-minded, well-acted drama that shows just as keen an interest in character, specifically the integrity of two men from vastly different cultures who provide the story of brotherhood and survival with its racing pulse.
The official title of the MGM/STX release is Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, and while it’s tempting to respond with an eye roll to the Brit director’s elevation to auteur status 25 years into his highly variable career, the reasoning behind the decision reportedly was to distinguish the film from the dire 2006 horror thriller of the same name.
The official title of the MGM/STX release is Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, and while it’s tempting to respond with an eye roll to the Brit director’s elevation to auteur status 25 years into his highly variable career, the reasoning behind the decision reportedly was to distinguish the film from the dire 2006 horror thriller of the same name.
- 4/18/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jake Gyllenhaal and co-writer/director Guy Ritchie briefly discuss their new action film The Covenant in this short behind-the-scenes featurette. Ritchie describes the story as an inspiring concept of what one person’s prepared to do for another when push comes to shove.
Gyllenhaal, who plays US Army Sergeant John Kinley, adds: “Like any great action movie, at the heart of it is a real relationship and I think in the end you will be moved.”
The action thriller also stars Dar Salim (Game of Thrones), Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Heels), Bobby Schofield (Black Sea), Emily Beecham (1899), and Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown). Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies co-wrote the screenplay, and Ritchie, Atkinson, John Friedberg, and Josh Berger serve as producers. Samantha Waite, Olga Filipuk, Robert Simonds, and Adam Fogelson executive produce.
The R-rated drama opens in theaters on April 21, 2023.
Dar Salim (left) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) as Sgt.
Gyllenhaal, who plays US Army Sergeant John Kinley, adds: “Like any great action movie, at the heart of it is a real relationship and I think in the end you will be moved.”
The action thriller also stars Dar Salim (Game of Thrones), Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Heels), Bobby Schofield (Black Sea), Emily Beecham (1899), and Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown). Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies co-wrote the screenplay, and Ritchie, Atkinson, John Friedberg, and Josh Berger serve as producers. Samantha Waite, Olga Filipuk, Robert Simonds, and Adam Fogelson executive produce.
The R-rated drama opens in theaters on April 21, 2023.
Dar Salim (left) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) as Sgt.
- 3/30/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Guy Ritchie’s newest film shows audiences the lengths one man will go to in order to keep his promise.
MGM Pictures released a featurette for the film on Thursday, giving fans a first-look at the tense war drama “The Covenant” starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
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It follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (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.
“What do we do when someone saves our life?” questions Gyllenhaal in the clip. “Like any great action movie, at the heart of...
MGM Pictures released a featurette for the film on Thursday, giving fans a first-look at the tense war drama “The Covenant” starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
Read More: ‘The Covenant’: Jake Gyllenhaal Is A Man On A Mission In New Guy Ritchie Film
It follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (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.
“What do we do when someone saves our life?” questions Gyllenhaal in the clip. “Like any great action movie, at the heart of...
- 3/30/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
STX Films and MGM are ready to tug your heartstrings out of your chest, then leave them to bake under a hot desert sun for Guy Ritchie’sThe Covenant. The studios deployed a first look featurette for the film on Thursday, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim going behind enemy lines to keep each other alive. The preview of the upcoming action-thriller includes commentary from Gyllenhaal, Salim, and Ritchie, who say the film is an emotional and action-packed journey from start to finish.
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant comes from a script he wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Bobby Schofield (Cherry), Emily Beecham (Little Joe), and Johnny Lee Miller (Mindhunters) also star.
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.
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant comes from a script he wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Bobby Schofield (Cherry), Emily Beecham (Little Joe), and Johnny Lee Miller (Mindhunters) also star.
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.
- 3/30/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
With cameras just about ready to roll on The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare_, is yet to see a release here (or in much of the world), but in that it’s not exactly typical Guy Ritchie fare, even with lashings of muscular action. Oh, and yes, his name actually is in the official title. Check out the trailer here:
No London. No geezers. No gangsters. No quips. No dodgy nicknames. The Gentlemen this most assuredly ain’t. Instead, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant – initially titled The Interpreter – looks like a tense, emotionally-driven military thriller that’s more concerned with the effects of war than the FX of it all.
Written by the Wrath Of Man director alongside regular collaborators Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, the story here centres on Jake Gyllenhaal’s Army Sergeant John Kinley, who ends up being rescued by his interpreter (Dar Salim) when a tour in...
No London. No geezers. No gangsters. No quips. No dodgy nicknames. The Gentlemen this most assuredly ain’t. Instead, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant – initially titled The Interpreter – looks like a tense, emotionally-driven military thriller that’s more concerned with the effects of war than the FX of it all.
Written by the Wrath Of Man director alongside regular collaborators Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, the story here centres on Jake Gyllenhaal’s Army Sergeant John Kinley, who ends up being rescued by his interpreter (Dar Salim) when a tour in...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
MGM has debuted a new trailer for Guy Ritchies’ war zone-set thriller ‘The Covenant.’
The story follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors when their unit is ambushed on patrol. With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of gruelling terrain to safety.
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.
Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa co-star alongside Gyllenhaal.
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MGM and Amazon are releasing in cinemas on April 21st.
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The story follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors when their unit is ambushed on patrol. With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of gruelling terrain to safety.
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.
Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa co-star alongside Gyllenhaal.
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MGM and Amazon are releasing in cinemas on April 21st.
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- 2/3/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jake Gyllenhaal has unfinished business to resolve in the first trailer for director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film The Covenant.
The MGM military thriller, hitting theaters April 21, stars Gyllenhaal as Army Sergeant John Kinley, who is rescued during a tour in Afghanistan by his interpreter, played by Dar Salim. The footage shows Kinley grappling with whether to put himself back in harm’s way to rescue Ahmed.
“If it wasn’t enough for him to carry me across those mountains, now he’s hiding in a hole somewhere,” Gyllenhaal’s character says somberly in the trailer. “I should be in that hole.”
He later adds, “Ahmed and his family are in trouble. I am gonna have to get him out myself.”
The cast also includes Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa.
Initially entitled The Interpreter, Ritchie wrote...
The MGM military thriller, hitting theaters April 21, stars Gyllenhaal as Army Sergeant John Kinley, who is rescued during a tour in Afghanistan by his interpreter, played by Dar Salim. The footage shows Kinley grappling with whether to put himself back in harm’s way to rescue Ahmed.
“If it wasn’t enough for him to carry me across those mountains, now he’s hiding in a hole somewhere,” Gyllenhaal’s character says somberly in the trailer. “I should be in that hole.”
He later adds, “Ahmed and his family are in trouble. I am gonna have to get him out myself.”
The cast also includes Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa.
Initially entitled The Interpreter, Ritchie wrote...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as an Army Sergeant who makes it his mission to rescue the Afghan interpreter who saved his life in Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. STX Films and MGM’s official trailer sets up their relationship and teases that Gyllenhaal will be facing extraordinary odds if he wants to save his friend.
In addition to Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, the cast includes Dar Salim (Game of Thrones), Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Heels), Bobby Schofield (Black Sea), Emily Beecham (1899), and Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown).
Guy Ritchie directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Ivan Atkinson, John Friedberg, and Josh Berger produced, and Samantha Waite, Olga Filipuk, Robert Simonds, and Adam Fogelson executive produced.
The R-rated thriller opens in theaters on April 21, 2023.
The Covenant Plot:
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Salim). After an ambush,...
In addition to Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, the cast includes Dar Salim (Game of Thrones), Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Heels), Bobby Schofield (Black Sea), Emily Beecham (1899), and Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown).
Guy Ritchie directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Ivan Atkinson, John Friedberg, and Josh Berger produced, and Samantha Waite, Olga Filipuk, Robert Simonds, and Adam Fogelson executive produced.
The R-rated thriller opens in theaters on April 21, 2023.
The Covenant Plot:
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Salim). After an ambush,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Jake Gyllenhaal and Guy Ritchie are teaming up in his newest film.
MGM Pictures announced “The Covenant” on Thursday, releasing an official trailer and the poster for the upcoming film.
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The actor stars as US Army Sergeant John Kinley who worked with Afghan interpreter Ahmed, played by Dar Salim. When Kinley learns Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he will stop at nothing to rescue the interpreter and pay back his debt before the Taliban hunts them down.
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Dar Salim (left) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) as Sgt. John Kinley in The Covenant, directed by Guy Ritchie, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.Photo: Christopher Raphael / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
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MGM Pictures announced “The Covenant” on Thursday, releasing an official trailer and the poster for the upcoming film.
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The actor stars as US Army Sergeant John Kinley who worked with Afghan interpreter Ahmed, played by Dar Salim. When Kinley learns Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he will stop at nothing to rescue the interpreter and pay back his debt before the Taliban hunts them down.
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Dar Salim (left) as Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) as Sgt. John Kinley in The Covenant, directed by Guy Ritchie, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.Photo: Christopher Raphael / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
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- 2/2/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Everything is coming up Guy Ritchie. The British filmmaker has released five movies since 2019, including the 1 billion-grossing live-action remake of Disney’s “Aladdin.” And now he’s back with his latest, the war movie “The Covenant,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal as an American soldier who returns to the battlefield to rescue an interpreter who saved his life (played by Dar Salim). And the brand-new trailer (which you can watch above) certainly brings the intensity.
“The Covenant” leading man Gyllenhaal has been on an action kick lately. He starred in Michael Bay’s excellent “Ambulance” last year and just finished shooting a new version of “Road House” for Amazon’s Prime Video and director Doug Liman. “The Covenant” marks Gyllenhaal’s first collaboration with Ritchie.
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The official logline for “The Covenant” reads: “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant...
“The Covenant” leading man Gyllenhaal has been on an action kick lately. He starred in Michael Bay’s excellent “Ambulance” last year and just finished shooting a new version of “Road House” for Amazon’s Prime Video and director Doug Liman. “The Covenant” marks Gyllenhaal’s first collaboration with Ritchie.
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The official logline for “The Covenant” reads: “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant...
- 2/2/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Earlier, it was reported that Guy Ritchie will be helming a World War II film in which he also co-wrote. Now, MGM has revealed the trailer to another upcoming war film starring Jake Gyllenhaal titled Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. The Covenant is more of a contemporary war movie that deals with a US Army outfit in Afghanistan and their conflict with the Taliban. Jake Gyllenhaal is joined by a cast that includes Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, with Emily Beecham and Jonny Lee Miller.
The official synopsis reads,
“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...
The official synopsis reads,
“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...
- 2/2/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
By now, it's safe to say you know pretty much what you're getting when you see the name "Guy Ritchie" attached to a trailer. Some gruff, fast-talking, and probably criminal characters are going to be stuck in impossibly tight circumstances that can only be solved by weapons and wit and a fair bit of off-color tastelessness. Oh, and there's a pretty good chance that you'll either love or hate it — nothing in-between. The gangster-loving director behind "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," "Snatch," "Sherlock Holmes," and most recently "The Gentlemen" and "Wrath of Man" has fully established his own recognizable niche and has mostly been content to stay right there.
So when word first hit that Ritchie would be teaming up with star Jake Gyllenhaal for an action-thriller following a soldier soon after the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in the early 2000s, most expected another controversial shoot-'em-up in the...
So when word first hit that Ritchie would be teaming up with star Jake Gyllenhaal for an action-thriller following a soldier soon after the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in the early 2000s, most expected another controversial shoot-'em-up in the...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
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