If you hadn’t known it beforehand, you would never know that Guy Ritchie directed The Covenant. Known for movies (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Gentlemen, and Sherlock Holmes) with clever plots, quick-wit scripts, and fast-moving action, The Covenant feels wholeheartedly different. Perhaps, this film differed so much from the norm that he felt the need to put his name in the title. The Covenant is, by far, Ritchie’s most realistic film and is entrenched in events from recent history. Had the film been based on a true story, The Covenant Ritchie’s first attempt at a warm movie had the potential to rival American Sniper, Hacksaw Ridge, or Black Hawk Down.