Jake Gyllenhaal goes behind enemy lines in first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant - Digital Trends

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Jake Gyllenhaal (Ambulance) is simply a worker connected a ngo to repay a indebtedness successful the archetypal trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.

Gyllenhaal stars arsenic John Kinley, a U.S. Army Sergeant whose squad is ambushed by the Taliban. Kinley is severely injured and astir to die, but his group’s Afghan interpreter, Ahmed (Curveball’s Dar Salim), intervenes and saves the sergeant’s life. In the aftermath of the ambush, Ahmed goes into hiding from the Taliban arsenic helium and his household were not granted harmless transition to America arsenic antecedently promised. Indebted to Ahmed, Kinley fights his mode backmost into the warfare portion to prevention Ahmed and his household earlier the Taliban reaches them.

Over the past fewer years, Gyllenhaal has gravitat toward enactment thrillers. The Academy Award nominee starred successful Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty and Michael Bay’s Ambulance, and volition header Doug Liman’s upcoming remake of Road House as Dalton. Gyllenhaal volition besides prima successful Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent, based connected the 1990 ineligible thriller starring Harrison Ford.

The Covenant’s ensemble includes Alexander Ludwig (Heels), Jason Wong (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), Antony Starr (The Boys), Bobby Schofield (SAS Rogue Heroes), Christian Ochoa (Dynasty), and Emily Beecham (Cruella)

The Covenant is directed by Ritchie, who is best-known for his enactment ensemble films like Snatch, Sherlock Holmes, The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man, and galore more. Ritchie co-wrote the movie with predominant collaborators Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The trio co-wrote 2023’s Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.