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Pride Watch: The Covenant
Jun. 9th, 2018 07:06 pmGod, this movie. . .
Where to begin? It's The Craft, but with dudes. Underworld, but without vampires or werewolves. Supernatural, but not funny. It's also the only chance you'll get to see Gambit fight the Winter Soldier. I have watched this hot mess five times. As a result, this review is probably five times longer than it needs to be.
The story is compelling enough on paper: Four founding families of the Ipswich colony in Massachusetts, plus one that was banished for ~Reasons, are powerful witches who created a covenant of secrecy around their powers so they wouldn't be hunted and burned at the stake. The present day descendants of these founding families all happen to be uniformly good-looking teenage boys all nearing their 18th birthday, after which they will "ascend" to their full powers. This would all be fine except for two things: 1) Magic is highly addictive and takes a physical toll every time they use it, and 2) The descendant of the long-lost banished family is back, and out for revenge.
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Where to begin? It's The Craft, but with dudes. Underworld, but without vampires or werewolves. Supernatural, but not funny. It's also the only chance you'll get to see Gambit fight the Winter Soldier. I have watched this hot mess five times. As a result, this review is probably five times longer than it needs to be.
The story is compelling enough on paper: Four founding families of the Ipswich colony in Massachusetts, plus one that was banished for ~Reasons, are powerful witches who created a covenant of secrecy around their powers so they wouldn't be hunted and burned at the stake. The present day descendants of these founding families all happen to be uniformly good-looking teenage boys all nearing their 18th birthday, after which they will "ascend" to their full powers. This would all be fine except for two things: 1) Magic is highly addictive and takes a physical toll every time they use it, and 2) The descendant of the long-lost banished family is back, and out for revenge.
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