Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant: Featurette takes us inside the emotional war thriller

STX Films and MGM are ready to tug your heartstrings out of your chest, then leave them to bake under a hot desert sun for Guy Ritchie’sThe Covenant. The studios deployed a first look featurette for the film on Thursday, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim going behind enemy lines to keep each other alive. The preview of the upcoming action-thriller includes commentary from Gyllenhaal, Salim, and Ritchie, who say the film is an emotional and action-packed journey from start to finish.

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant comes from a script he wrote with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Antony Starr (The Boys), Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Bobby Schofield (Cherry), Emily Beecham (Little Joe), and Johnny Lee Miller (Mindhunters) also star.

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.

In addition to directing and co-writing the film, Ritchie produces with Ivan Atkinson, John Friedberg, and Josh Berger. Samantha Waite, Olga Filipuk, Robert Simonds, and Adam Fogelson executive produce.

Now that filming for the movie is complete, Ritchie is working on The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Arash Amel and Eric Johnson wrote the screenplay based on a book by Damien Lewis. The story focuses on what happens when the British military recruits a small group of highly-skilled soldiers to strike against Nazi forces behind enemy lines during World War II. Like many of Ritchie’s other blockbusters, the film stars an ensemble cast of greats, including Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Eiza González, Cary Elwes, Henry Golding, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Alex Pettyfer, Til Schweiger, Babs Olusanmokun, and Henrique Zaga.

What do you think about the featurette? How far would you go to repay a debt to someone who saved your life? Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant lands only in theaters on April 21, 2023.