(FOUR STARS)
Although the British Ritchie has long been something of a camera exhibitionist and cynic of violence, he sometimes manages to hit the mark. This is the case: probably The pactthe story of an American soldier in Afghanistan and of an interpreter who risks his life for him, be it the best movie he has made.
He shows his ability to make the action scenes have weight, but he leaves aside the double meaning, the irony, that “lazy” cynicism that weighed down even his most ingenious stories (Ritchie is always more ingenious than intelligent) and
dedicated to giving great weight to his characters. Therein lies all the strength of the film: in combination with the action, we care about what happens to the inhabitants of this world.
For once, director Ritchie steps aside to leave the center to the story and its characters, and with that he manages to be a filmmaker.
