June 29

The penultimate day of the June Swoon 4 saw me head over to Hulu for a movie listed there called The Order.

The Order was directed by Justin Kurzel and starred Jude Law and Nicolas Hoult in a film dealing with the FBI vs. White Supremacists. This movie is based on the non-fiction novel The Silent Brotherhood: The Chilling Inside Story of America’s Violent, Anti-Government Militia Movement by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt.

According to IMDB, “In 1983, a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader (Hoult), plotting a devastating war against the federal government of the United States.”

I was impressed with the performances of Jude Law and, especially, Nicolas Hoult. Hoult was extremely sinister as leader of the Order, Robert Matthews. Nicolas Hoult lost himself inside this role and delivered a chilling performance. I think this bodes well for Hoult’s soon to be role of Lex Luthor in the upcoming Superman movie in July. Jude Law played well opposite Hoult too.

It is a sad tale that there are people who feel the way these characters do in The Order. I don’t understand why people have to approach others with hate because they have something different about them. Movies like this remind us how far we still have to go.