Justin Kurzel directs Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan in this crime thriller based on the true story of a FBI agent chasing a white supremacist gang that plans to overthrow the U.S. government.

Very much the same Eighties true story as Joe Eszterhas exploited back in the day as Betrayed. Only here the vibe is more aiming for a pared down Heat or Point Break than a Neo-Nazi Jagged Edge. Kurzel tries to avoid too much hand wringing judgment over the far-right splinter group. There is no cartoon villainy here. They are evil but undemonised and in a way that makes their existence even more terrifying. The matter of fact brutality holds the flick in good stead whether you consume it as a testosterone fulled drama or a high minded B-Movie thriller. Was the unpopulated emptiness of the streets where the action thunders about in a choice or a budgetary necessity? I had no idea The Order even existed until a week before it’s limited cinema release and it ended up being one of my multiplex going highlights of 2024. Haunting and pulse raising in equal measure.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Believer (2001)

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