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Throughout all this, Gyllenhaal is appropriately tightly wound. Yet the character does not afford him much complexity to work with. Salim fares better, adding a much needed gravitas and calm to the jittery proceedings. He has a natural command of the frame even when his character is saying nothing. Emily Beecham, as Kinley’s wife, is saddled with one of the worst written “supportive wives” roles in recent memory. In attempting to give the character something more to do, the screenwriters come up with two laughably written scenes. You see, this wife is also a successful businesswoman. So Beecham gets to tell Gyllenhaal not once but twice that she’s competent at running the business the Kinleys apparently own. Then she’s back to supporting him and looking concerned. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant offers marginal entertainment value. It’s a film that seems afraid to offer any ideas about its setting and characters beyond the minimum. Only Salim, in a performance of quiet strength, gives the a
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