The Order

The Order
A series of bank robberies and car heists frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals, but rather a group of dangerous domestic terrorists.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
As far as true crime thrillers go, this was well done. The heists and robberies are really well constructed and the cast is excellent up and down the call sheet. Hoult is probably the standout performer as an off-shoot neo-nazi leader, Bob Matthews, in the PNW who’s building a revolution with the guidance provided in The Turner Diaries, the “handbook for white victory.” On his tail is seasoned FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) with help from a local deputy, Jamie Bowden (Tye Sheridan). Though, I enjoyed the film quite a bit, I have to say, this film doesn’t really feel as anti-neo-nazi, as I would have liked. The FBI is borderline incompetent and not given much characterization, while Matthews is given a rousing speech where he professes the things they stand for. Intended or not, I came away feeling like it could be a low key recruitment piece. Like in a….” if you recently had your job taken away, you’re fed up with government, and sympathize with Timothy McVeigh and/or the J6ers….I’ve got a book that you need to read” kinda way. I guess in a way this film is similar to Justin Kurzel’s Nitram which I also really liked, but depicts the days leading up to an infamous true life mass murder, and follows the perpetrator of the crime providing a glimpse into his psyche a somewhat sympathetic lens.
To be fair, I think the Marc Maron messages as radio host Alan Berg does provide a voice for tolerance, even if that voice is silenced part-way through for…[redacted]. I can’t deny that I enjoyed the watch, though.