The Order
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Movie Reviews of The Order
Movie Review: A Nice Little Horror Piece
Summary: 5 Stars
I was pleasantly surprised at how good The Order was. This is a real horror film, with a completely original plot, a well-written screenplay with thought-provoking dialouge, and lots of unexpected twists.
The story is about Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger), a young Carolinian priest schooled in the supernatural by his mentor, Dominic. When Dominic is found dead, the Church rules it a suicide. Alex and his friend (Mark Addy) suspect a Sin Eater is on the loose. A disturbed young woman named Mara who is in love with Alex assists them as they journey to Rome. Alex encounters the Sin Eater, and he is not what you would expect. How will Alex prevent himself from being sucked in to a plan he does not even understand?
Don't expect a happy ending here - this is horror through and through. The story has plenty of controversial and disturbing elements, such as a cussing priest, a priest giving into his desires for the flesh, and even a Dark Pope.
The only downside was Mark Addy's acting. This star of The Full Monty and the CBS sitcom Still Standing switched back and forth between an American and a (bad) Irish accent. He also acted like he was embarrassed to be in the film, or maybe he was having a bad day, but he looked like he was acting, not like he was a real character.
Movie Review: An actually interesting movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
Most people did not like this movie, well I understand why. This movie is a bit complecated and artsy so to say :P, but i understood it as a movie in witch you were not supposed to really be scared but instead you should put your self in the shoes of the characters and try to see the world the way they do. Good and Evil nothing more then a bar like place were demons and priests fight, priests with there power of exorcism, and demons with there demonic powers. Its a weird flick ill say that. VERY WEIRD, but i cant deny i dug it.....i mean if you look at it.....in this world of demons vs priests you could say the Sin Eater was like the inbetween guy someone who played outside of the rules, and yet was interesting in the reason for what he did. Nothing more then a man who wants to give redemption for those who cant get it anywere else, In the movie its not Gods fault good people go to hell but its the fault of the church that is not perfect so you could say the sin eater was a fale safe kind of thing for the world.......ok im done sounding like a moron thanks :PMovie Review: The Darker Side of Light
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this movie was well written, acted and directed. It leaves me wanting more. At first, the movie introduces itself in a ghostly fashion. It seems it may be about exorcisms and priests who are affected by the job. (Though you quickly find out otherwise.) The stage is set in Rome. Everything about the setting is old. The city, the cemetaries and it's ghosts, the churches and it's surroundings (and many of the people) are all from a different era or believe they are.
The story is sewn in to the fabric of my subconcious. It allows me to laugh with Mark Addy, the actor who plays the helpful, friendly and just a little bit selfless priest who seems committed to fighting evil. Heath Ledger is his friend whose cause lies in finding the truth about what happened to his surrogate father, priest friend, Dominic. It appears that the truth is deadly and very, very scary. And yet we watch and wait.....for more.
Movie Review: Great flick!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Order is a different type of horror movie than one would expect. Rather than build on cheap gore and a cliche premise it relies on a heavy dark brooding atmosphere and a creeping suspenseful gothic plot. Think more Edgar Allen Poe and less George Romero.
What makes the film interesting is it centers around the religious ritual of sin eating which was an actual practice in parts of Britain and Ireland where a beggar would be paid to ritually eat the sin of dieing person, thereby granting them access to heaven.
The acting in here is superb and the plot though creative is far from confusing or hard to follow despite what others have said in their reviews.
Movie Review: Amazing, if your able to think deeper
Summary: 5 Stars
Heath Ledger dosent get enough respect in Hollywood in my opinion, he's a very talented actor, a particular movie comes to mind. But before that it was this movie.
This movie is edgy, if you can understand its depth. The topics it touches are beyond sensitive and require conteplation. Its dark and mysterious and your hoping you can nail some of the frames onto your wall.
You have no idea where it will go from the beginning and by the end you screaming for the right descison.
Its one of my all time favorites,and should be yours.