The Order From:Heath Ledger , Shannyn Sossamon , Benno Fürmann , Mark Addy , Peter Weller , Brian Helgeland , 20th Century Fox ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543102069
Format: Anamorphic
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Full Screen
Format: Subtitled
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 58 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 710 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 542 hundredths-inches
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-12-30
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-09-05
Product Description:
Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger) is a member of an arcane order of priests who is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of the head of this order. The body may be of a Sin Eater, a renegade who offers absolution, last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church. Alex enlists the aid of his old comrade Father Thomas and of a troubled artist (Shannyn Sossamon) upon whom he once performed an exorcism. He soon finds himself plunged directly into the face of unimaginable evil, murder, and ultimately, a fate worse than death. The Order will find you!
Customer Reviews:
More like 3.5 stars, 2008-10-09
This is a movie that you can't stop in the middle and do something else. I made that mistake and it lost its whole spell on me.
Having said that it's a pretty OK movie where evil and Catholicism are concerned. Heath Ledger's character is a priest whose mentor has died. Not that's a problem itself, but he's been excommunicated and cannot be buried in holy ground because of this. Alex, Ledger's character, does it anyway, but not before noticing that there are marks on his body that correspond to that of a Sin Eater, a human who can offer absolution outside of the Catholic Church. That's obviously a huge no no.
The plot is about him trying to find the Sin Eater and destroy him, but the ending holds a nice twist that you probably weren't looking for. It's a bit weird though. I wouldn't have ended the film like that.
I don't think this is Ledger's finest work, but it's not bad. He was a very good actor, one whose films I'll continue to watch for years to come. I felt that Sossamon's character of Mara was very underused. I wish there would have been more of her in this film.
It's a good film if you like dark suspense, and dark films. It's definately not for those who don't like to see Catholicism in a bad light, but I didn't feel it was shown negatively, only that some within the Church are evil as opposed to the entire thing.
I will say this, and this is a spoiler, the choice to use Peter Weller in the second role, or at least his voice, was a very bad idea. His voice is very distinctive and I don't see how any could not have picked it out in a crowd.
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