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The Covenant

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for The Covenant PG-13 Released Sep 8, 2006 1h 37m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the 17th century, five families with supernatural powers make a pact of silence. Eventually one power-hungry family is banished. The descendants of those four remaining families are heirs to tremendous power. Known as the Sons of Ipswich, the boys attend elite Spencer Academy. When a student there is found dead after a party, unraveling secrets threaten to shatter the pact that has protected the boys' families for centuries.
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The Covenant plays out like a teen soap opera, full of pretty faces, wooden acting, laughable dialogue, and little suspense.

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Andrew Pulver Guardian ... this falls well short of the Buffy-level resonances at which [Harlin] was presumably aiming. Rated: 2/5 Jan 27, 2007 Full Review Nigel Floyd Time Out Flying scenes, frat-boy face-offs and pyrotechnic punch-ups are punctuated by excruciating expository dialogue. Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Director Renny Harlin helms like a bat out of hell, and obviously doesn't know a pentagram from a mammogram. Rated: 1/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast It's mind-boggling to me that a movie this stupid resists the urge to be fun at every single turn. Rated: 1.5/5 Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts These guys are like glorified Harry Potter characters. Rated: 2/10 May 7, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Only the modestly entertaining performances of Strait and Ramsey save this film from complete failure. Rated: 1.0/4.0 Sep 5, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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larryne p This wasn't CRINGE (to me atleast) everything is well put together, the cgi is good, the acting is good, it's like REALLY SUPER GOOD. 1000/10 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review Inga B CGI holds up, great actors, good story Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review Calvin O This movie is essentially for teenagers. The cool boys in the school meet the cool girls. The boys have supernatural powers and it's all about being in control and appealing to the opposite sex. The plot itself is fairly shallow and offers no twists or turns. Unlike the movie "Underworld", this movie moves a little too slow and doesn't have anything interesting to offer other than some occasional special effects and some scantily clad actors. The girls run around in their underwear and the boys walk around in swim trunks. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Christopher D Badly acted, poorly executed. It has what could be a fascinating premise, but it has about as much appeal as mediocre fanfiction. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/28/24 Full Review Willie-Mae M Its a movie of its time thats for sure. But its fun, campy , yes that final battle could have been better with different types of magic weaponry, but it is, what it is . I loved the relationship of the boys, and the leadership role of the main (witch)Caleb. I think its a fun movie to watch during spooky season. They tried to appeal to a male audience i get that and it didn't work. But as a lover of this genre it gives you a break from the normal Teen/female Witch characters we always saw. Now there are a bigger variety of Male witch characters being created for T.V and Movies making it now the norm. But at least the creators of this movie were brave enough to try and make something a bit different and try to cater to a wider audience. Over all a solid movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review David K Not a good movie... would appeal to the same crowd that likes Twilight. The script is bad as is the acting. Even the CGI is sub. If you're over 16 you can find much better fare. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Renny Harlin

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Steven Strait

Caleb Danvers

Toby Hemingway

Reid Garwin

Chace Crawford

Tyler Simms

Taylor Kitsch

Pogue Parry

Sebastian Stan

Chase Collins

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Synopsis In the 17th century, five families with supernatural powers make a pact of silence. Eventually one power-hungry family is banished. The descendants of those four remaining families are heirs to tremendous power. Known as the Sons of Ipswich, the boys attend elite Spencer Academy. When a student there is found dead after a party, unraveling secrets threaten to shatter the pact that has protected the boys' families for centuries.
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
Screenwriter
J.S. Cardone
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sandstorm Films
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Some Disturbing Images|Language|Partial Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 4, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.3M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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