The Order (2024)
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An FBI agent tracks a white supremacist terrorist group in the early 1980s.
The story
In 1983, FBI agent Terry Husk takes on a case involving a white supremacist terrorist group known as the Order. After investigating a series of crimes including a robbery and a murder in the Idaho and Washington areas, Husk works with local law enforcement to track the group's activities. The investigation leads him to the realization that the group, led by Robert Jay Mathews, is using a specific novel as a blueprint for their actions. Husk must navigate the complexities of the organization's ideology and their escalating tactics of domestic terrorism to stop their plans.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1983, the murder of Walter West by Bruce Pierce and Gary Yarbrough sets the stage for an FBI investigation. Agent Terry Husk, seeking a manageable caseload, takes over a case involving the Aryan Nations and its offshoots. Working with Deputy Jamie Bowen, Husk investigates a series of crimes including a robbery in Spokane and a bombing. They discover West's body and visit a compound belonging to Richard Butler. Butler reveals that Pierce and Yarbrough were expelled for counterfeiting money and are now part of a splinter group called 'the Order,' led by Robert Jay Mathews. The group uses 'The Turner Diaries' as a manual for revolution. After a series of escalating crimes, including the assassination of a radio host and a high-stakes armored truck robbery, the investigation leads to a confrontation. A shootout occurs where Yarbrough is captured and Bowen is killed by Mathews. The final standoff occurs at a safe house on Whidbey Island. While Pierce and Lane are captured, Mathews remains and is eventually killed when a cache of ammunition explodes during a tactical raid.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 116
- Production countries
- Canada; United States; United Kingdom
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Justin Kurzel
- Writers
- Zach Baylin · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jude Law · Terry Husk; Nicholas Hoult · Robert Jay Mathews; Tye Sheridan; Jurnee Smollett; Alison Oliver; Marc Maron · Alan Berg
- Genres
- crime thriller
- Themes
- domestic terrorism; white supremacy; radicalization
- Tone and mood
- tense; gripping
- Premise and plot tags
- true story; FBI investigation; historical fiction
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 75 · scale: 100 · review count: 37
- Production trivia
- Director Justin Kurzel was inspired by the January 6 Capitol attack.; Actors Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult spent a day tailing each other to prepare for their roles.
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