Evil lurks in the catacombs.
Added 1/27/2010
DVD in Widescreen.
Father Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger) seems to have his plate full. A mentor, Dominic (Francesco Carnelutti) has died mysteriously and a woman, mara (Shannyn Sossamon), who shot him during an exorcism a year ago has escaped from the mental health facility and has returned to Father Alex. He chooses not to tell the authorities.
The church arranges a flight for Alex to Rome. He takes Mara with him. There he comes across the two strange orphans (Mirko Casaburo, Giulia Lombardi) that sit still in the parlor. He examines the body of Dominic and finds unusual markings on his chest. He believes it wasn't suicide, but murder.
As Alex and three nuns have buried Dominic in the cemetary, the orphans appear. Father Alex commands them to hell. The demonic orphans vaporiz and become a flock of birds. Father Thomas (Mark Addy) comes to help Alex. They were the last of the Carolingians.
Together, they will get down to the root of what The Order is and find out the mystery that Dominic had discovered.
Also in the cast: Benno Furmann, Peter Weller.
This movie provides a good character for Mark Addy.
Heath Ledger and Mark Addy also appear in A Knight's Tale (Special Edition) (2001).
This movie was released two years before Brokeback Mountain (Full Screen Edition) (2005).
DVD includes: Audio commentary by Director Brian Helgeland, 7 deleted scenes and dailies. Theatrical Trailer.
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The Order
Added 10/15/2009
The movie featured Heath Ledger, I saw part of this movie on late night TV and was unable to watch the end. Our local video outlet had 4 copies all out when I enquired and all well overdue. It depicted a anti religious overtone and what I saw of the movie was intriguing holding simimlar overtones as angles and demonds. The film was enjoyable however the dvd froze during playing at a point where the main character "starts to loose his way".
The plot centred on the killing of the head of an order within the catholic church and Heath Ledgers characters attemps to find out by whom and why.
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Interesting storyline, just executed badly
Added 6/11/2009
I have seen mere pieces of this film over the past year, but I finally watched it all at once! And it was disappointing.
The plot is rather intriguing: A priest of the Carolingian order kills himself. His protégé Alex (Heath Ledger) must go to Rome to investigate his death. He takes along his troubled "friend," Mara (Shannyn Sossamon) and remaining Carolingian Thomas Garrett (comedian Mark Addy). Alex uncovers some disturbing facts ... his mentor did not commit suicide, but was killed by a Sineater--a being with the power to absolve mortals of their sins outside the rule of the church. Alex realizes his true calling and must continually make difficult decisions that take him farther away from those he loves and his ideals.
The concept is what hooked me, and I also believe Ledger was a talented actor. But even in this film his character shifts so drastically that I became confused. The beginning was so well done: mysterious with artful cinematography. The middle collapsed under a sad love subplot and the unveiling of the film's many intrigues. The resolutions were weak and predictable. The other actors were terrible. Mara was a contrived mess, while Thomas was a little too much of the jokester (who happened to stumble upon important truths, but always too late).
Overall, it was disappointing because the film is too formulaic for possessing a storyline with such potential and intelligence.
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More like 3.5 stars
Added 10/9/2008
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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Evil lurks in the catacombs.
Added 1/27/2010
DVD in Widescreen.
Father Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger) seems to have his plate full. A mentor, Dominic (Francesco Carnelutti) has died mysteriously and a woman, mara (Shannyn Sossamon), who shot him during an exorcism a year ago has escaped from the mental health facility and has returned to Father Alex. He chooses not to tell the authorities.
The church arranges a flight for Alex to Rome. He takes Mara with him. There he comes across the two strange orphans (Mirko Casaburo, Giulia Lombardi) that sit still in the parlor. He examines the body of Dominic and finds unusual markings on his chest. He believes it wasn't suicide, but murder.
As Alex and three nuns have buried Dominic in the cemetary, the orphans appear. Father Alex commands them to hell. The demonic orphans vaporiz and become a flock of birds. Father Thomas (Mark Addy) comes to help Alex. They were the last of the Carolingians.
Together, they will get down to the root of what The Order is and find out the mystery that Dominic had discovered.
Also in the cast: Benno Furmann, Peter Weller.
This movie provides a good character for Mark Addy.
Heath Ledger and Mark Addy also appear in A Knight's Tale (Special Edition) (2001).
This movie was released two years before Brokeback Mountain (Full Screen Edition) (2005).
DVD includes: Audio commentary by Director Brian Helgeland, 7 deleted scenes and dailies. Theatrical Trailer.
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Fast shipping, item received in good condition.
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The Order
Added 10/15/2009
The movie featured Heath Ledger, I saw part of this movie on late night TV and was unable to watch the end. Our local video outlet had 4 copies all out when I enquired and all well overdue. It depicted a anti religious overtone and what I saw of the movie was intriguing holding simimlar overtones as angles and demonds. The film was enjoyable however the dvd froze during playing at a point where the main character "starts to loose his way".
The plot centred on the killing of the head of an order within the catholic church and Heath Ledgers characters attemps to find out by whom and why.
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