The Order
by Brian Helgeland
List Price:
Our Price: $7.99
You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Benno F?rmann, Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Peter Weller, Shannyn SossamonDirector: Brian Helgeland
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Order
Movie Review: Great DVD, Lousy movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
As far as the DVD goes, it's fine. The movie, however, was disappointing. Something about a "death eater." Totally bizarre and ridiculous.
Summary of The Order
Writer-director Brian Helgeland tried something different with The Order, and surely that counts for something. This brooding supernatural thriller was immediately dismissed by critics, and it's easy to see why it flopped: it's full of solemn, quasi-religious ruminations, it's murky in both visual and thematic content, and it demands the viewer's focused attention, which amounts to pissing in the shallow pool of big-studio filmmaking. And yet those qualities also give The Order some modest cult potential, as it tells the story of Alex (Heath Ledger, star of Helgeland's A Knight's Tale), a rebellious priest from an arcane fringe of Catholicism, who investigates the death of his excommunicated mentor and discovers the existence of a modern day "sin eater," capable of cleansing souls of evil, who has chosen Alex as his would-be successor. A troubled love interest (Knight's Tale costar Shannyn Sossamon) and an evil cardinal (Peter Weller) offer hope and damnation, respectively, but it's up to individual viewers to decide if The Order offers anything of lasting interest. --Jeff ShannonAlex Bernier (Heath Ledger) is a member of an arcane order of priests who is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of the head of this order. The body may be of a Sin Eater, a renegade who offers absolution, last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church. Alex enlists the aid of his old comrade Father Thomas and of a troubled artist (Shannyn Sossamon) upon whom he once performed an exorcism. He soon finds himself plunged directly into the face of unimaginable evil, murder, and ultimately, a fate worse than death. The Order will find you!
Horror DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in My DVD Collection Part 4
Sublime (Unrated Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-03-13; DVD
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Stir of Echoes (Special Edition)Release date: 2004-08-17; DVD
Best price: $5.32
Price in other shops:
Still, We Believe - The Boston Red Sox MovieTeam Marketing; Release date: 2004-07-06; DVD
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops:
SleepwalkersRelease date: 2001-01-16; DVD
Best price: $2.16
Price in other shops:
Rose RedRelease date: 2002-05-14; DVD
Best price: $4.05
Price in other shops:
Spider-Man (Widescreen Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 2002-11-01; DVD
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Spaced InvadersRelease date: 2002-09-03; DVD
Best price: $4.77
Price in other shops:
SpaceballsTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2000-04-25; DVD
Best price: $3.48
Price in other shops:
Soul Survivors (The Killer Cut)AFFLECK,CASEY; Release date: 2002-02-26; DVD
Best price: $2.50
Price in other shops:
Signs (Vista Series)Release date: 2003-01-07; DVD
Best price: $3.75
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
The Patriot (Special Edition)GIBSON,MEL; Release date: 2000-10-24; DVD
Best price: $5.47
Price in other shops:
Two HandsLEDGER,HEATH; Release date: 2005-12-06; DVD
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut)Release date: 2005-09-27; DVD
Best price: $6.17
Price in other shops:
The Brothers GrimmRelease date: 2005-12-20; DVD
Best price: $5.15
Price in other shops:
10 Things I Hate About YouRelease date: 1999-10-12; DVD
Best price: $5.78
Price in other shops:
A Knight's Tale (Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 2002-06-04; DVD
Best price: $5.46
Price in other shops:
CandyTHINKFILM LLC; Release date: 2007-03-27; DVD
Best price: $9.65
Price in other shops:
CasanovaBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2006-04-25; DVD
Best price: $4.92
Price in other shops:
The Four Feathers (Full Screen Collector's Edition)LEDGER,HEATH; Release date: 2003-02-18; DVD
Best price: $4.78
Price in other shops:
Ned KellyLEDGER,HEATH; Release date: 2004-07-27; DVD
Best price: $4.49
Price in other shops: