Jude Law Says Neo-Nazi Crime Thriller ‘The Order’ ‘Needed to Be Made Now’: ‘Sadly, the Relevance Speaks for Itself’
variety.comJude Law said that his new crime thriller, “The Order,” about the FBI investigation of a Neo-Nazi terrorist group in the ’80s, “needed to be made now.” At a Venice Film Festival press conference, Law spoke about the importance of the film at a time when far-right ideologies are rising again. “Sadly, the relevance speaks for itself,” he continued. “It felt like a piece of work that needed to be made now.
It’s always interesting finding a piece from the past that has some relevant relationship to the present day.” Based on true events, the film is set in 1983 Idaho and sees a lone FBI agent (Law) follow a series of increasingly violent bank robberies and car heists, coming to realize that they’re the work of a group of dangerous domestic Neo-Nazi terrorists, inspired by the radical leader Robert Jay Mathews (Nicholas Hoult), who are plotting a war against the U.S.
government. Based on the 1989 book “The Silent Brotherhood” by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, the film also stars Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver and Odessa Young.
Director Justin Kurzel added that the film’s parallels with today’s world were what make it so interesting to make. “It’s always an extraordinary thing when you find a piece of writing of event from the past that has some sort of perspective that can have a conversation with today’s politics,” he said. “That’s a rare gem.
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