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This review was originally published on August 31, 2024, as a part of our Venice Film Festival coverage.

The Order is about hate, though not quite in the way you'd expect. It seems an obvious theme, given the story follows a white supremacist terrorist cell and the FBI's effort to stop them, and some space is given to the hateful doctrine they live by. But the movie is less interested in hate ideologically as it is in the feeling. And director Justin Kurzel is less interested in explaining that feeling than he is in observing it and its effects. Surround that goal with across-the-board quality, and you have a consistently tense crime thriller that leaves a lasting mark.

A lone FBI agent, stationed in a small Idaho town, uncovers a disturbing connection between a series of violent bank robberies and a white supremacist group known as The Order. As the investigation deepens,...

Lovers of true crime and action movies alike can look forward to lots of options for watching The Order. This tense historical crime thriller stars Jude Law as an FBI agent fighting a militant white-supremacist group called "The Order." With an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Zach Baylin) and a premise based on a true story from the 1980s, The Order has earned an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Early reviews are making a good case for its potential to succeed.

The movie places Jude Law in the lead role of Terry Husk, a real-life person who worked as an FBI agent. The Order's trailer shows Husk traveling across the Pacific Northwest as he hunts down white-supremacist militia-leader Bob Matthews, played by Nicholas Hoult. All this is set against a backdrop of bombings, bank robberies, and a plot to overthrow the US government. Audiences will be able to watch The Order in theaters starting...

Jude Law's newest film may technically be a period piece loosely based on a true story from the past, but its resonance feels eerily prescient for the present, as well. And that may not be totally coincidental, as The Order's director Justin Kurzel recently revealed how the January 6 insurrection inspired the Neo-Nazi crime thriller.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kurzel broke down how the visuals from the day showed him just how relevant the story he was telling was to modern times. As Kurzel put it, "There were just so many similarities to what was going on within this incredible script Zach had written that I just found it so compelling and wanted to find a way into it that I felt could be a wonderful first American film."

He added, "I was really surprised that I was reading a period piece that was speaking so...

Based on true events in the 1980's The Order stars Jude Law as FBI agent Terry Husk investigating a series of car heists and bank robberies. He soon discovers that the crimes are the work of a Neo-Nazi terrorist group, fronted by Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult), looking to fund their uprising against the US Government.

Set to release in US cinemas on July 6, Justin Kurzel's crime thriller received a 7-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. Early reviews put the film at an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, with critics largely describing the film as a compelling and intelligent docudrama. In a newly released trailer, suspicions grow about Husk after white supremacist fliers begin to appear around Washington.

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Looking into the fliers,...

The Order trailer shows Jude Law's FBI agent going after Nicholas Hoult's white supremacist group in a new action thriller with an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Today, Vertical released the first official trailer for The Order. Watch it below:

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Source: Vertical

The Order (2024) 8/10

A lone FBI agent, stationed in a small Idaho town, uncovers a disturbing connection between a series of violent bank robberies and a white supremacist group known as The Order. As the investigation deepens, the agent finds himself up against a dangerous domestic terror organization bent on sowing chaos across the Pacific Northwest.

Director Justin KurzelRelease Date December 5, 2024Writers Gary Gerhardt, Kevin Flynn, Zach BaylinCast Chantal Perron, Stafford Perry, Sally Bishop, David LeReaney, Judith Buchan, Shawn Markwardt, Paul Wood, Jerod Blake, Reid Fisher, Lenore Stillwell, Dayna Lea Hoffman, Sarah Haggeman, Matias Lucas, Sean Tyler Foley, Geena Meszaros, Randy Fisher, Huxley Fisher, Morgan Holmstrom,...

Jude Law's latest film, The Order, received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival and promises to be one of the best movies of the year. While much of the attention went to the film's leading man, Law's co-stars and director also enjoyed the celebration-like reception of the crime thriller, which is based on a true story. The Order is director Justin Kurzel's latest drama and stars Law alongside Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Sebastian Pigott, Jurnee Smollett, Huxley Fisher, and Marc Maron, among others.

Per a report from the event via Variety, the premiere in Venice resonated with the audience, who cheered for the director and cast for seven whole minutes (some reports put the number as high as eight), during a standing ovation that would likely have lasted longer if the cast and crew hadn't exited the theater. Other films that received standing ovations...