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The Michael Medved Show

Movie Review: The Order

The Michael Medved Show

The Michael Medved Show

Government, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.4516 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Michael Medved reviews THE ORDER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Michael Medved Reviews, The Order.

0:27.9

The IMDB Synops, The IMDB synopsis for this film, a series of bank robberies and car heists,

0:30.8

frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest.

0:36.1

A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals,

0:39.3

but rather a group of dangerous domestic terrorists. This film is rated R, stars Jude Law, Nicholas Holt, Ty Sheridan, and others.

0:46.3

Another in a recent string of based on a true story.

0:50.3

I think the advertisement for this film is based on a chilling true story, so you know you're in

0:56.0

for a bit of a thriller slash suspense ride at the cinema. Michael, tell us a little bit about the

1:03.8

order, its plot line, and give us a score. The order is based on actual events in 1983-84 that took place between Hayden Lake, Idaho,

1:16.5

in eastern Washington and the Spokane area, and then spilled over into the Seattle area,

1:22.7

and even spilled over in one key scene in the film to Denver.

1:29.3

Neo-Nazis who are really at the center of this film.

1:33.3

Part of what is remarkable about the plot line is how closely it follows the historical record.

1:41.3

There was this individual, played by Nicholas Holt, by the way, who's

1:45.7

terrific in the film, just an Oscar-worthy performance. He plays this young 30-something activist,

1:57.3

if you want to give him that title, Terrorist, really, who has helped organize a split-off

2:04.0

from a flourishing, a white supremacy, neo-Nazi group. And when we say neo-Nazi, they give you a tour

2:14.2

of the church in Hayden Lake, Idaho, where the pastor, whose name was Butler, really did

2:23.0

have a church where they displayed swastika flags in church. They had a cross with a bust of

2:30.9

Adolf Hitler, which is not shown, but is part of the details about these folks.

2:37.6

And there are moments where it shows an attempt to investigate what's going on in the church

2:42.5

by the FBI man, who's played by Jude Law.

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