The Order

I watched this because I have really enjoyed his other movies. I thought Nitram in particular was underrated because of its subject sensitive matter.

What Nitram did though, and this film never managed, was it made me look at things from a different perspective. The concept that the person behind a mass shooting is, exactly that, a person, is just nothing I had given consideration to before. Easier to label a monster (which they are, but there are reasons behind this) and move on than to think about it.

I guess therefore I was expecting to try and understand something here. Like it was going to say something. But in the end it felt very procedural. Some white guys are racist because they are and some other guy hunts them down because he does. Honestly, that's about it.

I never felt for a second like I understood anything about Nicholas Holts character or why he was a complete (insert word rhyming with duck) head. I guess there is an argument that you don't want to give oxygen but I feel this film maker has had a lot more to say in the past and if you aren't going to say anything then probably don't say anything at all.

Anyway, not offensive but just very very average.

Jerry Kurzel's solid, gripping, well executed fact-based crime thriller about domestic terrorism perpetrated by a white supremist group known as the Order. In 1983 in the Pacific Northwest a veteran federal agent named Terry Husk, marvelously played by Jude Law, believes that a series of violent bank robberies, counterfeiting, and armored car rip-offs are being done by a new dangerous group of young separatist white supremists that are led by an icy radical leader, Bob Mathews, brilliantly played by Nicholas Hoult in an impressive performance, who is amassing vast monies from these robberies to build an army to attack the U. S. government. What follows is a suspenseful and deadly game of cat and mouse between Husk's FBI team and Mathews' lethal group. Astute direction by Kurzel, with superlative supporting performances by Tye Sheridan, Marc Maron, Jurnee Smollett, George Tchortov, and Danny Yip. Outstanding cinematography by Adam Arkapaw, and an effective score by Jed Kurzel.

This is a watchable movie but this could have been more better if they would have invested more time in writing the screenplay.

It's those kind of movies which are good but you feel like something is missing.

Jude law is amazing in this movie. He is carrying the whole movie on his shoulders and he does an amazing job.

Rest all are good.

Nicholas hoult had nothing more to do and anyone could have played that role.

Direction is fine and cinematography looks really good.

Apart from that there is nothing much to say about this movie.

It's a slow burn thriller. Watch it for the amazing acting and that's it.

The Order is about Bob Matthews and his group referenced in the title that is on a small-town white power crusade. I was interested to see this movie because of the great cast and interesting twist including a few bank robberies. While it is super beautiful to look at and the main cast (Jude Law & Nicholas Hoult) do great, it didn't leave much of an impact on me. However, it was a fun time seeing it on the big screen.

The positives: The casting is great and the idaho landscape makes for beautiful shots. I really liked the exciting bank robbing parts as well as well as a being a grizzled detective drama. Bob Matthews is a interesting but vile character who has a weird personality of being a "family-man" and friendly but also blowing up p*rn theatres and killing innocents. I thought he was the best character in the movie, however the rest of the character's are pretty much one-note. I will get to that in the negatives, I also liked the score as well with it being very melodic but brooding at times (not your average detective drama score). The plot overall is fascinating and can be thrilling at times with well done robberies, chases, and some emotional moments.

Negatives: Like I said the characters besides Bob Matthews are pretty one note. I liked Jude law as a detective but he really dosen't do much except be the veteran grizzled detective with a young naive partner. The movie dosen't have the story structure to really make you care all that much about anyone. Sometimes scenes would bounce from one to another just to get to the next thrilling moments (which were solid). Also some dumb moments like a multiple moments where characters risk their lives in obvious situations where the cards are stacked against them and they don't need too.

All in all I would recommend if you wanna watch a pretty alright detective drama with some beautiful shots. I do not dislike the movie but its more of a vehicle for this great cast to handle a interesting story rather than interesting characters.

Very good informative movie with less grittiness that many would like but sticking to the truth and past events with some parts fictionalized for the sake of drama.

It is less brutal than it needs to be, those parts done well though, but I couldn't relate to the character of Terry Husk with that mustache and dry behavior. I liked the movie more for its based-on-true-events script than its acting and flow.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 6.5
• Production value/impact: 7
• Development: 7.5
• Realism: 7
• Entertainment: 6.5
• Acting: 6.5
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 7
• VFX: 7.5
• Music/score/sound: 6.5
• Depth: 6.5
• Logic: 6
• Flow: 6.5
• Psychological/heist/true crime/thriller/drama: 6.5
• Ending: 5.