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In fact,The Covenantis basically four movies in one.
As a result, we get the sense that these might be characters well be spending some time with.
Soon enough, the group is fatally ambushed, with Ahmed and John the only survivors.
(All this stuff is in the trailer, so Im not spoiling anything.)
Its a surprising and poignant doubling of one mans physical ordeal with the others emotional pain.
Gyllenhaal puts valuable mileage on those huge haunted eyes of his during this section.
Johns desire to get Ahmed out isnt just an act of nobility or decency.
He barely even remembers what happened in Afghanistan.
You think he blessed you?
Well, he fucking cursed me.
Sometimes itcomes off as ridiculous.
So much that you half-expect Guy Ritchie regular Jason Statham to show up.
