The Order is set in the 1980s, but it may as well have taken place in the present; the terror of white supremacists and the desire to storm the Capitol are eerily relevant. However, as political as The Order is, it works better as a cop drama. Director Justin Kurzel has the thrill of the chase down to a pat. As FBI Agent Terry Husk, Jude Law is equal parts talented and tormented (as any good onscreen detective seems to be). And matching his tense energy is Nicholas Hoult, who plays a neo-Nazi terrorist set to overthrow the government. His character could’ve been oversized or cartoonish in less deft hands, but Hoult plays his role with just the exact amount of evil charm to make him a believable cult leader.
"The Order sees the director at his most tame, with few violent sequences interspersed through a tense thriller that favours large ethical questionings over the minutiae of heinous crimes."
— Rafa Sales Ross
"Justin Kurzel’s The Order is an absorbing, beautifully shot, impressively acted crime thriller of the kind we don’t see much on our theater screens anymore."
— Bilge Ebiri
A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.
Based on true events, The Order follows an FBI Agent tasked to capture the mastermind behind a White supremacist terror group planning to overthrow the government.
Car chases and shootouts—believable, organic, non-CGI ones—are an increasingly lost art in film. The Order is a reminder they can still be done well.
Is there anyone more booked and busy this year than Nicholas Hoult?
