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The Covenant (2006)

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Reviews Counted:71

Fresh:2

Rotten:69

Average Rating:2.7/10

Consensus: The Covenant plays out like a teen soap opera, full of pretty faces, wooden acting, laughable dialogue, and little suspense.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, sexual content, partial nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min.

Genre: Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Sep 8, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $23.3M

Synopsis: In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence. One family, lusting for more, was... In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families with untold power formed a covenant of silence. One family, lusting for more, was banished; its bloodline disappearing without a trace--until now. This thriller tells the story of the Sons of Ipswich, four young students at the elite Spencer Academy who are bound by their sacred ancestry. As descendants of the original families who settled in Ipswich Colony in the 1600s, the boys have all been born with special powers. When the body of a dead student is discovered after a party, secrets begin to unravel which threaten to break the covenant of silence that has protected their families for hundreds of years. [More]

Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch

Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford, Kyle Schmid, Kenneth Welsh, Wendy Crewson, Stephen McHattie, Christian Baril, Barbara Basia-Jasinski, Robert Burns, Robert Crooks, Steven Crowder, Larry Day, Vito DeFilippo, Jonatan Deveau, Frank Fontaine, Dawn Ford, Paul Hopkins, Pierre Yves Leblanc, Travis Martin, Basil McKenna, Jon McLaren, Neil Napier, Charles Papasoff, John Robinson (IX), Sarah Smyth, Paul Stewart, Jean-Loup Yale, Richard Zeman

Director: Renny Harlin

Director: Renny Harlin
Screenwriter: J.S. Cardone
Producer: Gary Lucches , J.S. Cardone , Tom Rosenberg
Studio: Sony Pictures

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[An] unbewitching brew of clichés.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Director Renny Harlin ("The Long Kiss Goodnight") phones in this thoughtless teen horror flick from screenwriter J.S. Cardone ("The Forsaken").

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
Apr 20, 2009
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Nov 20, 2008
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

This forgettable supernatural-teen thriller is the kind of WB-style soap opera where the characters have names like Chase Collins and Reid Garwin.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

It's a horror film for the MTV generation, a horror film for the audience of "Laguna Beach"...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Jul 10, 2007
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

... this falls well short of the Buffy-level resonances at which [Harlin] was presumably aiming.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Jan 27, 2007
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]

The inclusion of a romantic subplot that feels as though it'd be more at home in a Harlequin novel...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
Jan 9, 2007
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The Covenant looks less like a movie and more like an extended boy band video -- and with about the same amount of depth.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
Jan 2, 2007
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

A patently silly supernatural teen drama, in which a bunch of Young Hollywood types flex their abs and aim their perfectly-calibrated glances at each other.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
Dec 30, 2006
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Flying scenes, frat-boy face-offs and pyrotechnic punch-ups are punctuated by excruciating expository dialogue.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Dec 30, 2006
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

Daft but nonetheless enjoyable supernatural thriller, featuring some hilariously bad dialogue, impressive special effects and some genuinely creepy scenes.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment 1 Comment
Dec 30, 2006
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Director Renny Harlin helms like a bat out of hell, and obviously doesn't know a pentagram from a mammogram.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
Dec 30, 2006
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

Utterly stupid and full of lazy plotting and lazier dialogue, this is just idiotic enough to entertain on nights when you want to give your brain a rest.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment 2 Comments
Dec 30, 2006
Helen OHara
Helen OHara
Empire Magazine

O máximo que este O Pacto consegue é transformar-se, em seus instantes finais, em uma espécie de Mortal Kombat para imbecis. E, ainda assim, com dificuldade.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Nov 23, 2006
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

It's not a work of originality and the handheld camerawork gets tedious, but let's hope the message that power corrupts gets through

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
Nov 10, 2006
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

I think the men were cast more for their abs than their acting.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment 1 Comment
Oct 28, 2006
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Terribly acted, shamelessly unoriginal and executed with little redeeming sense of humour.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Oct 13, 2006
George Palathingal
George Palathingal
Sydney Morning Herald

"A truly lacklustre direct-to-video teen thriller filled with corny effects, chiseled jaw stares and a lot of hokum about Salem witchcraft"

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Oct 10, 2006
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

More nonsensical than scary, THE COVENANT conjures a cautionary tale for prep school pretties.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
Oct 1, 2006
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

The film is not at all suspenseful or creepy, and the cast was apparently chosen for looks rather than acting ability.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
Oct 1, 2006
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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