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The Real Story of “The Order”

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63% Informative

The Order unearths a critical chapter in the history of the American extreme right largely forgotten by the general public.

The Turner Diaries , a 1978 novel, depicts the violent overthrow of the U.S. government by armed white supremacist insurgents and the extermination of people of color and Jews in a race war.

Taut action scenes hearken back to Heat , To Live and Die in L.A. , The French Connection and Sidney Lumet’s police corruption canon.

Director Kurzel had both actors follow each other for a day and compile dossiers on their opposite number to develop a granular sense of how a manhunt actually functions.

The Turner Diaries is one of the film's dual anchors.

Hoult closely studied his subject, aping Mathews ’ mannerisms and movements from old documentary footage.

He says he wanted to show audiences how someone with the charisma of his villain could attract followers and build a movement.