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Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Emily Beecham
Story:
Action-thriller directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie. The Covenant (2023) follows Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal), who on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan is teamed with local interpreter, Ahmed (Dar Salim), to survey the region. When their unit is ambushed on patrol, Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors and with enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his own life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of grueling terrain to safety. Once back on US, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given passage to America as promised. Determined to protect his friend, and repay his debt, Kinley returns to the war zone to retrieve Ahmed and his family before the local militias reach them first.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
Friend: You still don’t remember a thing?
Sergeant John Kinley: I don’t remember any of it. I only remember the interpreter.
Sergeant John Kinley: Hey, guys, meet Ahmed, our new interpreter.
Sergeant John Kinley: Why do you want this job?
Ahmed: I need the money.
Sergeant John Kinley: Don’t disappoint and turn out to be a pain in the a**.
Ahmed: No. Not me, sir.
Team Member: [referring to Ahmed] Money isn’t the reason he wants this job. The Taliban killed his son.
Ahmed: Stop the vehicle, Sergeant!
Ahmed: We don’t want to go down this road.
Sergeant John Kinley: You’re out of your bounds, Ahmed. You’re here to translate.
Ahmed: Actually, I’m here to interpret.
Team Member: John! You have Tallies approaching.
Ahmed: John, we’re going home.
Kinley’s Wife: [to Kinley] For three weeks, this family believed you were dead. We owe that man your life.
Friend: Ahmed ended up with a price on his head from the Taliban.
Sergeant John Kinley: If it wasn’t enough for him to carry me across those mountains, now he’s hiding in a hole somewhere. I should be in that hole.
Sergeant John Kinley: The interpreter saved my life, and now I have to go save his.
Vokes: Everything alright, John?
Sergeant John Kinley: No, everything’s not alright.
Sergeant John Kinley: There is a hook in me. Ahmed and his family are in trouble.
Vokes: We can’t intervene.
Sergeant John Kinley: I am going to have to get him out myself.
Sergeant John Kinley: You think if I could be free of this debt, I wouldn’t be? You think I have a choice? There is no choice.
Sergeant John Kinley: I’m looking for Ahmed.
Colleague: I’ll give you a full set of tools. But you’re going to be alone. You got to adapt. Use what you got.
Sergeant John Kinley: If you can give me the location, I can get him out of the country.
Edris: It’s too dangerous. You’ve become very popular with the Taliban.
Daughter: [to Kinley] I miss you. Love you, Daddy.
Sergeant John Kinley: I am going to get that man and his family out.
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