The Order (2024)
First screened in December 2024
Director: Justin Kurzel. Cast: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Sebastian Pigott, George Tchortov, Matias Lucas, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Victor Slezak, Alison Oliver, Odessa Young, Marc Maron, Morgan Holmstrom, Geena Meszaros. Screenplay: Zach Baylin (based on the book The Silent Brotherhood by Gary Gerhardt and Kevin Flynn).

   
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In Brief: Shakiest in first act, but builds to a refreshingly mixed take on policing and a memorably spooky end. Worth your time.

VOR: ③  Not as tightly wound or as precision-engineered as other Kurzel films, but a memorable entry in the police-story-as-character-study genre.

Grade: B–

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