The Order

2/5 stars

I rented this movie because Heath Ledger was in it. He’s very cute, and I’ve quite enjoyed him in A Knight’s Tale and The Patriot. Sadly, while The Order had very nice artistic direction, someone needed to go over the script again and help the dialog and action acutally tell a coherent story.

Ledger plays Alex Bernier, one of three priests left in the order of the Carolingians, known for their devotion to finding the truth. His mentor dies at the beginning of the film, prompting Bernier to go to Rome to investigate what happened. There are lots of scenes with people saying cryptic things and lots of odd characters roaming around, but very little is conveyed clearly about the actual plot of the film.