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  Review by Dakota Joaquin ★★★★ 9

  I don’t have anything witty to say but I really wanna pass Sydney Volpe’s entry for the most-liked Letterboxd review of this film.

  So,

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  Review by nolan ★★★ 8

  there are 3 types of jake gyllenhaal performances:

  1. ooh he’s cooking🥵
  2. aw he tried something🥹
  3. damn he didn’t try at all😐

  and here you get to see all three!!

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  Review by Sydney🚀 ★★★ 12

  Wow Dar Salim is SO good in this, and Guy Ritchie’s action chops transfer surprisingly well to this brand of dad movie. His direction isn’t layered but I enjoy how crisp and engaging it is, there are several really tense sequences. However, I do not know what Jake Gyllenhaal thought he was cooking or if he even wanted to be there… he is so weird and stilted and there are a couple monologues in the back half that are tough to watch. Besides him, Guy Ritchie banter and Americans just go together like orange juice and toothpaste. We aren’t cool. Please just cast Jason Statham in everything we don’t need variety. 

  I was a solid 3.5 on this before the third act, but it kind of drags on predictably and loses steam, making it feel way longer than 2 hours. I’m positive on it though I had a good time.

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  Review by Hank ★★★★½ 3

  To be honest I would do all of that for Jake Gyllenhaal too

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  Review by Theyo Theyo ★★★

  brokeback mountain but this is afghanistan

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  Review by Quinn Duffy ★★★½ 3

  Another perfectly good mirror broken by Jake Gyllenhaal…

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  Review by Kevflix And Chill ★★★ 18

  I’ve not been a big fan of Guy Ritchie‘s more recent films. This film has a very different feel than most other Guy Ritchie films I’ve seen though. It’s a war drama/thriller with a fairly straight forward plot. No elaborate ruse de guerres. And it’s extremely effective—at least for the first two-thirds. There’s a really well realized action set piece that takes place at a mine.  Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim’s are both really excellent as the leads, Gyllenhaal as Sergeant John Kinley and Salim as Afghan interpreter Ahmed. And everything up to when Ahmed is carrying John Kinley across the Afghan mountains and out of Taliban controlled territory, is really gripping entertainment even if the focus is mostly on developing these two characters and their bond. It’s…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★½

  I'll be honest I would not have expected Guy Ritchie to so successfully mash-up Peter Berg and John Ford but here we are. He's an erratic filmmaker but this is, what, his 2nd or 3rd best movie?

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  Review by SupremeLemon (지존레몬) ★ 24

  There's a Joe Rogan video where Guy Ritchie starts praising this one self-help book written by a couple of Navy SEALS so I'm not surprised that he ended up making this garbage about American soldiers feeling "guilty" about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Media illiterate people will try to argue that this is "anti-war" or "anti-American military" or a "critique" of whatever without realizing it's still endorsing the American military, American PMCs, or the mythologies of American exceptionalism. Like bro there's literally a scene where Jake Gyllenhal is on a 12 killstreak so a Call of Duty gunship arrives to shoot up the Taliban. When the movie was about to end it gave us various definitions of the word "Covenant"…

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  Review by Adam ★★★★½

  I liked this way more than i thought i would

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  Review by Michael James ★★★★ 3

  A fictional war thriller from Guy Ritchie that is brilliantly crafted and realistically executed. Though the serious tonal choice from him was surprising initially, it does complete justice to the story in hand and in-fact turns a major asset. The commentary and theme tread with the right intent. As it gets more personal, more deeper and more resilient with an earnestly moral heart, that is exactly where it won me over.

  The first 75 odd minutes was hands down fantastic. Be it the gritty dramatics, brutally intense action set pieces or the pounding music, it simply gets it spot on. It does slightly lose steam later and you pretty much knew where it is heading, yet when all said n done it leaves you on a highly satisfying note. Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim are simply outstanding with their restrained performances. A compelling powerful  drama that definitely is worth your time.

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  Review by Ty ★★★★

  After hearing good things about The Covenant, I decided to go check this film out and I’m glad that I did because I found this to be one of the best films of 2023 so far. This film is beautifully helmed by Guy Richie. The battle sequences feel intense and chaotic around our main characters, especially during the sequences where our main character have to physically kill someone with their bare hands. I was always on the edge of my seat, thanks to his direction, never knowing what was going to happen to our main characters next. While his direction is fantastic, it can’t without saying that The Covenant’s score gives the film another level of suspense. Christopher Benstead delivers a…