Movie Review

The Covenant (2006)

Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling | Sep 13, 2006

Comments
Add your comment

EW's GRADE

D-

Details Release Date: Sep 08, 2006; Rated: PG-13; Length: 95 Minutes; Genre: Thriller; With: Sebastian Stan and Steven Strait

$WARLOCK HELL The heartthrob he-witches of The Covenant won\'t bring you under their spell$

WARLOCK HELL The heartthrob he-witches of The Covenant won't bring you under their spell

A few Saturdays ago, I re-watched Cliffhanger. Now, that's a movie. Why is its director, Renny Harlin, once a dependable big-action guru, making sub-schlock like The Covenant? This is cobbled-together teenybopper tripe about feuding male witches — apparently they can't even be granted the manlier dignity of being called ''warlocks'' — with nothing to offer but classic bad dialogue. The Bad Male Witch taunts the Good Male Witch by asking, ''How 'bout I make you my wee-yotch?'' Seriously, Renny Harlin: What are you doing?

Originally posted Sep 13, 2006 Published in issue #898 Sep 22, 2006 Order article reprints

Comments
Add your comment

Movie Review The Covenant
Box Office Report ''Gridiron Gang'' brings its top game
Box Office Report ''The Covenant'' tops off a slow weekend
Box Office Preview ''The Covenant'': No. 1 by default?

Add your comment

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.