Advantages: Good storyline, Good Looking Cast Disadvantages: screenplay, script, could be a lot better
Plot
In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families of powerful witches commit to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters, but one of the families transgress their pact and is banished from their lands. Along the centuries, the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old, he ascends to a higher power. However, the use of magic addicts and if used in excess, ages the warlock. In the present days, four wizards teenage friends are in high school and their leader Caleb Danvers (Steven Strait) is close to his eighteenth birthday and consequently to ascend. He has just met Sarah Wenham (Laura Ramsey) and they are dating, when the appearance of darkling and supernatural dreams haunt the group. Sooner they find an evil warlock ...
Advantages: great special effects Disadvantages: acting was little bit low
I think it's a good movie worth to watch. The great story line and interested.
The covenant is a film about a group of boys who have some natural powers, they all have different power as compare to each other and as the approach there18th birthdays the get stronger and more powerful can do more damage
However there powers to much has a consequence. The general view of this film seems to be that this is too similar to the craft which was about witches personally i find its a lot more modern and darker, it has some great special effects and the story is
completed in this one film, however some of the acting is a little cheesy but i don't think this film was ever made as a great masterpiece. But worth to watch this movie because this movie take your interest in it. ...
The Covenant is a reasonable example of American teen horror. The story focuses on four young men ?the sons of Ipswich? who have inherited powers that will fully mature when they reach the age of 18 and ?ascend?. The lead character Caleb, played by Steven Straight, is convincing (under the circumstances) in his role as the leader of the four. The story is relatively slow to develop but the beans are eventually spilt and the viewer suddenly realises what the point is about three quarters of the way through. Soon afterwards there?s a slightly disappointing showdown involving dodgy looking white balls of something that clearly hurt when you?re custard pied with one.
The film is very good at building a dark, foreboding atmosphere and in some ways it?s reminiscent of Buffy but without the vampires or sense of humour. The Covenant is worth ...