The Order (2024 film)

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The Order
The Order 2024 film poster.jpg
American release poster
Directed by Justin Kurzel
Screenplay by Zach Baylin
Based on
The Silent Brotherhood
by
  • Kevin Flynn
  • Gary Gerhardt
Produced by
  • Bryan Haas
  • Stuart Ford
  • Justin Kurzel
  • Jude Law
Starring
Cinematography Adam Arkapaw
Edited byNick Fenton
Music by Jed Kurzel
Production
companies
Distributed by Prime Video (through Amazon MGM Studios)
Release dates
  • August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31)(Venice)
  • December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)(Canada)
Running time
116 minutes [2]
CountryCanada [2] [3]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$878,000 [4] [5]

The Order is a 2024 Canadian action thriller film directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Zach Baylin, based on the 1989 non-fiction book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt. The film revolves around an FBI agent who goes after a white supremacist terrorist group known as the Order that was active in the United States in the 1980s. It stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron.

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Premise

In 1983, an Idaho-based FBI agent spots a pattern in recent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists terrorizing communities across the Pacific Northwest. He sets out to prove it is not the work of a traditional organized crime unit, but a radical group led by charismatic leader Bob Mathews. [6]

Cast

Production

In February 2023, it was announced that Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult would star in The Order, directed by Justin Kurzel from a screenplay by Zach Baylin based on The Silent Brotherhood, a 1989 non-fiction book by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt. Law would also produce with Kurzel, while Baylin would executive produce. [8] In May 2023, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Odessa Young, Alison Oliver and Marc Maron joined the cast. [9] [10]

Filming began in May 2023, in Alberta, Canada. [9] [11]

Release

Cast and crew of the movie "The Order" at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, 2024. The Order-68080.jpg
Cast and crew of the movie "The Order" at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, 2024.

The Order had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2024, where it competed for the Golden Lion. [12] Amazon Prime Video will distribute in multiple international territories excluding the United States. [13] In May 2024, Vertical acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and will release it on December 6, 2024, in a limited theatrical release. [6] [14]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 89% of 93 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10.The website's consensus reads: "A stoic Jude Law and diabolically good Nicholas Hoult turn the tides of history in this grippingly intense thrill ride." [15] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [16]

Tim Grierson of Screen International wrote that the film was "always skillfully choreographed but never showy". [17] Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline Hollywood characterized the film as a "sweeping slice of political Americana". [7] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "a gripping true story of American violence". [18]

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