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The Covenant

2006

Renny Harlin

Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford ...

4.1

4,914

Fantasy. Thriller. Horror Four young men learn that they are destined to wield the vast eldritch power of the Covenant. But while learning to use their magic, they unwittingly release a great evil into the world. Four years later, they must put a stop to the thing they unleashed.

	Author	Review
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Profoundly mediocre supernatural thriller."	NEG
United States	Philadelphia Inquirer	"Harlin, with his customary visual brio, has created a film that is deliriously watchable. It's just not all that interesting. In the end, The Covenant is simply a glossier version of TV's 'Charmed.'"	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"'The Covenant' is dopey, formulaic stuff for the Friday night fright crowd. Worse for them, it's never remotely scary."	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"For the most part, the proceedings are slow, solemn and tedious."	NEG
United States	Los Angeles Times	"As boredom sets in, the viewer realizes that 'The Covenant' does possess one magical power: It afflicts its audience with restless leg syndrome."	NEG
United States	Maitland McDonagh Time Out	"It fails utterly as a horror picture, although it delivers plenty of PG-13-rated flesh and unintentional laughs."	NEG
United States	Austin Chronicle	"Surely nothing Hollywood did in its darkest, most debauched hour could possibly justify the penance we're paying that allows Harlin to continue directing movies."	NEG

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