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Shaking my head every time something racist happens so the theater knows I don’t agree

14

love it when foreigners make films about the worst aspects of america and don’t sugar coat it — nobody is good in this, not even the “good guys” and, when the coda rolls at the end, it’s evident that nothing has changed in four decades; a potently rendered self fulfilling prophecy of hate, about and for those that keep allowing true evil to shape our country

8

Was not expecting a New Hollywood-style beatdown about the malignant tumor that is white supremacy. I could easily imagine this was made in 1974 and starred Steve McQueen or something. 

The score was incredible, was than an organ? Nicholas Hoult is having one hell of a year.

Review by Amanda the Jedi

I don’t think a good guy landed a single shot in this movie holy shit

8

The poison of white supremacy invading the mountains and rivers, existing in the bedrock of American society— funny how movies like this are usually at their best when they are made by a bunch of non-Americans.

8

Man was mad at minorities when he should’ve been mad at his barber, tf was that haircut?

7

Delivers on all the hard-boiled pulpy procedural thrills of its obsessive, adrenaline-junkie 70s-stached FBI agent vs. Nazi denim cowboy armored truck bank robber premise (Jude Law and Nicolas Hoult, both leaning into old-school macho intensity), but Justin Kurzel and regular collaborators DOP Adam Arkapaw and his composer brother Jed do a very good job of developing this domestic terror history into a patient, eerie portrait of men who present themselves as offering community and brotherhood but are willing to violently sacrifice the people around them for the work/cause. Punchy, propulsive car chases, grisly gunfights, gorgeous muted grainy widescreen photography, nice location work/landscapes, good ing work including Tye Sheridan as the boyish local townie deputy and (briefly) Marc Maron as Talk…

5

wish jude law would push me against a wall like that

5

to the extent that this movie falls short as a portrait of one of the most destructive tendencies in american life, it’s because it isn’t unsparing enough in its portrait of white supremacism and its relationship to the american mainstream. the broad tolerance for casual racism and soft white supremacism — which continues, right up to the present — is on a continuum with the harder, more ideological and more violent forms. i think this movie, as good as it is, missed the opportunity to hit that point harder. 

also, the most chilling thing i’ve seen in a movie in years is the use of the turner diaries as a bedtime story for children.

2

wow, this movie took me by surprise, it surely is my favorite hidden gem of this year

4

It’s nicholas hoults world and we’re just living in it

5

Slow. Down. 

Over and over and over again those words are stated, characters imploring each other to rest, to pause, to breathe. But as The Order presents, white supremacy is not slowing down, it is not resting, and every second where the law enforcement fighting against it allow themselves a moment of pause to be human is another second where the movement gains the upper hand. It is striking and devastating how much humanity is striped away from the ones fighting the white supremacist movement all while we watch those who play an active part in the movement frequently experience moments of enjoyment, relaxation, and community. The difference there is highlighted extremely well throughout the film and in just how…