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Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant

Affecting performances by co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim make this 2023 war drama more than mere polemic. Months after a Green Beret survives an ambush because of his Afghan interpreter’s heroics, he returns to Afghanistan to risk his life to personally honor a promise to local allies that America had broken. Prime

The Killer

Michael Fassbender is chilling in David Fincher’s ice-cold 2023 thriller about an emotionless assassin who uncharacteristically fails an assignment and feels compelled to turn the lessons he’s learned against his handlers. Netflix

Sisu

Finnish actor Jorma Tommila becomes an indestructible embodiment of bloody retribution in this subtitled pulp drama about a lone gold miner who goes on a Nazi-killing spree after a band of Third Reich soldiers rob him of his treasure. Netflix

Fast Charlie

An action movie about an aging hitman nearing retirement better have something more up its sleeve. This film’s ace is star Pierce Brosnan, playing a charming Biloxi., Miss., assassin bent on taking out the new kingpin who wiped out his own crime family. Morena Baccarin co-stars. $6 on demand

Polite Society

Bits of Bollywood, wire-fu, horror, and even a little Jane Austen blend delightfully in this action comedy about a British-Pakistani schoolgirl who dreams of being a stuntwoman and applies her martial arts skills to derailing her sister’s wedding. From We Are Lady Parts director Nida Manzoor. Prime

The Dirty South

A dutiful daughter trying to save her family’s bayou-country bar finds deadly trouble when she turns to a handsome drifter for help in finding $30,000. Willa Holland stars. Prime