The Covenant

2006

Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

75
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 76 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 54630 54.6K

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Plot summary

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

Director

Renny Harlin Photo
Renny Harlin

Top cast

Kenneth Welsh Photo
Kenneth Welsh as Provost Higgins
Wendy Crewson Photo
Wendy Crewson as Evelyn Danvers
Charles Papasoff Photo
Charles Papasoff as Security Guard
Richard Zeman Photo
Richard Zeman as Sergeant Sobel
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
892.64 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 3
1.79 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kurayami_chan 5 / 10

not great, but I have seen worse...

After seeing the previews for this, I went in expecting to see something like a slightly cheesier version of "The Craft," but with boys, and I wasn't disappointed. At the most basic level, the premise is similar: four teenagers at a private school dabbling in supernatural power/magic. However, while "The Craft" is by no means a brilliant film, the writing and acting are both substantially better than what's seen in "The Covenant." The story has a lot of potential, but it's not very well presented. There's very little explained before the last 30-45 minutes of the movie, and even then there's very little of the background explained. Combined with the poorly written script, this makes it difficult to develop and real interest in the characters. The protagonist (Caleb Danvers, played by Steven Strait) comes across as unrealistic, and the antagonist (Chase Collins, played by Sebastian Stan) as annoying at best. And Sarah (played by Laura Ramsey) is little more than a plot device.And despite claims to being a horror movie/thriller, there's really nothing scary about it- unless you've got a fear of badly written dialog and cheesy special effects.With all this in mind, it does have some redeeming qualities. There's plenty of eye-candy: all of the leads are gorgeous, and the boys spend a considerable part of the film shirtless. And there are a few moments that make for a good (if unintended) laugh. Over all, it's entertaining. Not that bad for a PG-13 movie with a target audience of young teenagers- but I'd recommend either catching a matinée or waiting for the DVD to arrive at your local Blockbuster.
Reviewed by questl-18592 4 / 10

The Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants

This is like the definition of a guilty pleasure movie. I know it's bad. Bad acting, bad graphics, the story is pure and total nonsense. There's nothing here worth the time and yet I weirdly enjoy the awfulness.Don't watch this. There's really no reason to at all. The fact that I weirdly like it is a definite anomaly. If it happens to be on cable, sure, maybe, you have literally nothing to loose.
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