I found the irreligious condescension of this review amusing.
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The Order (Helgeland, 2003): My general rule is: give me Aramaic runes and whispered chanting on the soundtrack, and I'm pretty much yours for the evening. The rule held for The Order, Helgeland's mildly interesting attempt at a religious mumbo-jumbo thriller, one of my all-time favorite genres because of its tendency to slyly reveal organized religion as a crock, and mock the Catholic Church in the process. This is one of those movies in which there is no such thing as a sunny day, a film so drained of color that it might as well be black and white. It's an oppressive environment to create, and Helgeland might have done better if he had created it in service of something more intriguing; as it stands, the plot, involving a way to bypass the Church on the way to heaven, is only mildly interesting. Heath Ledger's minimalist/incompetent approach doesn't help matters, but there was more than enough pseudo-theological absurdity to tide me over for two hours. B-
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(His review of AI also reads well
AI Review)
And of course, BRC should appreciate his defense of Vin Diesel.
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