To the students of the Spenser Academy the Sons of Ipswich are the baddest boys on campus. But thats not all they share. The four friends also share a 300-year-old secret theyre warlocks the teenage descendants of a 17th-century coven of witches. So when the long-banished fifth son suddenly appears and threatens to kill their loved ones they realize they must face their enemy in order to prevent him from stealing their powers and shattering the covenant forever.
Review
In 1692 in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts five families of powerful witches commit to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters but one of the families transgress their pact and is banished from their lands. Along the centuries the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old he ascends to a higher power. However the use of magic addicts and if used in excess ages the warlock. In the present days four wizards teenage friends are in high school and their leader Caleb Danvers (Steven Strait) is close to his eighteenth birthday and consequently to ascend. He has just met Sarah Wenham (Laura Ramsey) and they are dating when the appearance of darkling and supernatural dreams haunt the group. Sooner they find an evil warlock descendant of the fifth ancient family that wants to strip Caleb's power.
I liked "The Covenant" a supernatural teenager movie in the style of "Angel" Buffy" "Charmed" or "Supernatural". This film has good special effects but the story and characters are not welldeveloped and some lines are terrible. The acting is only reasonable but Laura Ramsey is extremely beautiful and natural in her great performance and I liked this unknown actress. In the end I found "The Covenant" very entertaining but could be better and better with minor improvements in the screenplay. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil) "O Pacto" ("The Covenant")