The Order [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Benno Furmann, Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Peter WellerBrand: Twentieth Century Fox
Performer: Shannyn Sossamon
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-09-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Order [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: The Order is ok, but not amazing in appearance or story
Summary: 3 Stars
1 Blu-ray Disc, released September 114, 2010
"The Order" originally came out in 2003 and was written and directed by Brian Helgeland and starred Heath Ledger as renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier on a search for answers after the head of his order dies mysteriously. He is aided by friend, Father Thomas Garrett played by Mark Addy and occasionally by fobidden by the church love interest, Mara Sinclair played by Shannyn Sossamon. His answers come in the form of William Eden played by Benno Fürmann.
Eden reveals a secret order that produces a way to truly absolve sinners before death, even if they have been ex-communicated by the church. It is an almost supernatural occurance, the power of which gives the "sin-eater" immortality. So what does Eden want with Alex?
I won't spoil it any further except for the classic what it means to be a man vs what it means to be a priest, especially if you are attracted to a certain girl. Heath Ledger's performance is impressive as the abstaining priest with all the Latin he has to perform in ceremonies and conversation. The story line's sudden change to being about the girl instead of the loss of his mentor is a little jarring. The strangest scene in the entire movie is the uber-emotional one where this polished priest who has been speaking all this Latin suddenly dissolves into cries of "baby, no baby, no!" as if he was instead schooled by years of gushy classic rock. It kills the moment entirely by how unnatural it sounds from this character!
The character of Mara is a little crazy and carries a lot of mystery as to what her deal is which never feels resolved. Thomas Garrett is supposed to be this light spirit encouraging the buzz-killing Alex to laugh more and instantly turning on him when Alex feels inclined to act on that directive. The most interesting character by far is Benno Fürmann's performance as Eden like an angel walking on Earth taking on the sins of others. He always seems to be teetering on the edge of the pain of immortality balanced with being completely at peace with what he does.
The film is an interesting premise with some really neat special effects, but I never bought the romantic relationship. The role of sin-eater in the movie is much more interesting and prevalent to the overall story. The story is told surprisingly against the back beat of a cyber-techno action vibe for a story about the Church.
Bonus Features:
The bonus features have 7 deleted scenes where Father Dominic visits some nuns who say nothing to him, Alex Berner demonstrates a normal last rites ceremony on a little boy, etc. There are also dailies of Heath Ledger's most emotional scene with a lot of sad grunting on his part but without the special effects. Lastly there is audio commentary by director Brian Helgeland who likes to comment on line deliveries he enjoys and inspirations for certain shots and how characters are posed and how difficulties of getting approved for a higher budget worked out in his favor with some long shots. Another interesting tidbit was that there was an armed robbery in pre-production with $90,000 worth of equipment stolen!
Summary of The Order [Blu-ray]
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/14/2010 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: RSimilar DVD Movies
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