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I liked the effect the music had on the movie: very uncanny and harcore. My favorite part was the opening credits. But overall the movie wasnt fantastic (i mainly liked it for the eye candy.)The ending seemed like there would be a sequal, but...
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I liked the effect the music had on the movie: very uncanny and harcore. My favorite part was the opening credits. But overall the movie wasnt fantastic (i mainly liked it for the eye candy.)The ending seemed like there would be a sequal, but there never was, so it just left you hanging.

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Posted may 30, 2009 4:39 am pt

PeppermintDream

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It had the ability to be good...
But in the end the film was about some attractive boys and girls with some magic powers.

Not much depth to it.

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Posted apr 20, 2009 7:48 am pt

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well, it was a good effort but no hitmaker.

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Posted mar 1, 2009 2:45 pm pt

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Eh....not the worst thing I have ever seen I suppose. Verrrrrry formulaic though. "Hey, if we put good lookin people and mix in some witchcraft and suspense, we've got gold." Seemed like a teeny bopper flick. Some cool visuals though.

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Posted dec 26, 2008 5:34 pm pt

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Eh....not the worst thing I have ever seen I suppose. Verrrrrry formulaic though. "Hey, if we put good lookin people and mix in some witchcraft and suspense, we've got gold." Seemed like a teeny bopper flick. Some cool visuals though.

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Posted dec 26, 2008 5:33 pm pt

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Didn't hate this, though I'm not going to say that it blew me away. It is an average action fair for the most part.

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Posted oct 25, 2008 10:26 am pt

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Actually a pretty lame film imho. I exected really cool superpowers and loads of action --> got none o that :( Big disappointment.

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Posted sep 26, 2008 6:30 am pt

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OMG! This movie like seriously SUCKED!!! but i gotta admit it wasn't a complete waste of my time cuz those guys were like totally HOT!

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Posted jul 25, 2008 11:13 am pt

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Great movie :) Hot Actors :)

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Posted mar 26, 2008 11:43 pm pt

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I think I'm going to be one of the only positive reviews for this movie. To take the movie for what it is with the legend of being a sci-fi movie with witches and warlocks. The plot wasn't solid as it could be but the effects were awesome. It...
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I think I'm going to be one of the only positive reviews for this movie. To take the movie for what it is with the legend of being a sci-fi movie with witches and warlocks. The plot wasn't solid as it could be but the effects were awesome. It showed the greediness with powers and was entertaining enough to at least be a movie with that kind of action sequence in it.

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Posted mar 11, 2008 10:45 pm pt

• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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  Harlin, with his customary visual brio, has created a film that is deliriously watchable. It's just not all that interesting. In the end, The Covenant is simply a glossier version of TV's "Charmed."

  by David Hiltbrand | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  Utterly stupid and full of lazy plotting and lazier dialogue, this is just idiotic enough to entertain on nights when you want to give your brain a rest.

  by Helen O'Hara | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  38
  Profoundly mediocre supernatural thriller.

  by Elizabeth Weitzman | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  38
  When the villain is revealed, you are neither surprised nor scared. You just think, "That guy?"

  by Kyle Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  38
  The Covenant is dopey, formulaic stuff for the Friday night fright crowd. Worse for them, it's never remotely scary.

  by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  Okay, so it isn't challenging. There are worse things for a horror-thriller about supernatural high-schoolers to not be. Like not scary. Or not thrilling. Or not as entertaining as an episode of "Charmed."

  by Amelie Gillette | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
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  The idiocy and sheer laziness of the whole concept ought to be the sort of thing director Renny Harlin (Deep Blue Sea) could make into glorious cinematic cheese, and occasionally he cuts loose with a swarm of CGI spiders or a final battle that resembles nothing more than a live action game of "Street Fighter II." But he's hamstrung by the PG-13 rating and the budget.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  30
  As boredom sets in, the viewer realizes that "The Covenant" does possess one magical power: It afflicts its audience with restless leg syndrome.

  by Michael Ordona | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  30
  For the most part, the proceedings are slow, solemn and tedious.

  by Frank Scheck | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  25
  It fails utterly as a horror picture, although it delivers plenty of PG-13-rated flesh and unintentional laughs.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  Muddled and most unmagical offering.

  by Justin Chang | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  Cobbled-together teenybopper tripe.

  by Gregory Kirshling | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  Surely nothing Hollywood did in its darkest, most debauched hour could possibly justify the penance we're paying that allows Harlin to continue directing movies.

  by Josh Rosenblatt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  10
  Crushingly dull teen horror flick.

  by Reece Pendleton | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
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  Director Renny Harlin, whose colon-studded credits include "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" and "Exorcist: The Beginning," knows the deal here: Pay homoerotic homage to youth and beauty, crank up the heavy metal on the soundtrack, and spare no effort to backlight the omnipresent rain.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »