Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Covenant
During the Afghan War, Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) & his team are on the hunt to locate & destroy Taliban bomb making facilities. He has a new interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim) to help navigate through this foreign land & hostile territory. His team gets ambushed on their latest mission. Ahmed must rescue Kinley & return him safely to base camp. After a long recovery stateside, Kinley learns that Ahmed is now wanted by the Taliban & has gone into hiding with his family. Owing his life to Ahmed, Kinley privately returns to Afghanistan to find Ahmed before the Taliban does, & secure special visas for Ahmed & his family. Directed & written by Guy Ritchie, this is an intense action war thriller about men developing a bond & going above & beyond the call of duty.
Alien gives it 3 “33B1 JTAC” stars out of 4.
