THE COVENANT Film Review - 24/12/06

Renny Harlin where did it all go wrong? I can understand for every "The Long Kiss Goodnight" there is a "Cutthroat Island" - So I can only presume in lieu of "Mindhunters" we get "The Covenant"? This poor man's "Lost Boys" is a piece of codswallop dressed up for those pining for the days of Buffy (and the demise of Angel presumably) as gothic witchcraft crossed with the poster-boy-band-from-hell in lingering swim trunks that barely fit and a Production Manager who has found the right locations but has got a bit happy with the smoke machine.

A total absence of plot and character development makes me wonder how tripe like this gets funded into a feature film? The tired old cliches are all here and the list of those is endless - apart from a few decent SFX shots this creaking heap of garbage will soon be available on DVD to buy - Expect to see it in the Remainder Bin at your local Video Store for about £2.99 when they can't shift any copies or stumble over a stack of 300 or so shoved by the counter in an HMV shortly covered in dust.
The story as it is; covers the descendants of Witches and the powers they possess, challenged by another powerful Witch from another family - Chuck in a modern twist and the usual suspects and there you go - Like a boil-in-the-bag sachet this is utter cod (without the butter sauce).