Prime Video’s 116-Minute Jude Law-Led Crime Thriller Takes Over the World

From the heartbreaking modern classic Sound of Metal and the Jeffrey Wright-led American Fiction to the underrated One Night in Miami and Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista‘s The Wrecking Crew, Prime Video has quietly dropped some of the best streaming movies in recent memory. However, not all have been the enormous streaming successes of the likes of The Wrecking Crew, with some falling under the radar, as is the nature of streaming.

One of the more underrated entries from the Prime Video catalog is The Order, a based-on-a-true-story crime drama released less than two years ago. Directed by Justin Kurzel, 13 years after his debut, Snowtown, the film is set against the backdrop of a year of daring bank heists that have baffled law enforcement. As the violence escalates, FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) becomes convinced that, instead of financially motivated attacks, the heists and robberies are instead the work of a domestic terrorist group.

Alongside Law, the film also featured the talents of Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan, and was praised for its slick neo-noir execution and a Heat-esque tale that was triumphant in its ambition. Sadly, despite a positive response from critics and a near-perfect 93% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Order was limited to an uneventful theatrical run. In total, the film earned just $2.2 million from just 2.3 weeks on average in theaters. 16 months after its short theatrical run, The Order is proving a streaming success, officially placing inside the top ten most-watched movies on Prime Video in the world, at the time of writing.

What Did Collider Say About ‘The Order’?

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Ross Bonaime reviewed The Order for Collider, agreeing with the near-perfect response from Rotten Tomatoes critics with an 8/10 score. “With The Order, Kurzel takes on a more straightforward approach than usual, giving us a Mann-esque thriller that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats,” Bonaime said. He continued, “Yet the director also manages to keep that disturbing energy that has made his work up to this point so effective and unnerving. The Order is a solid crime drama that sometimes hits too close to home, but that’s what makes it so terrifying.”

The Order is currently one of the ten most-watched movies on Prime Video in the world. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for all the latest streaming stories.

Release Date

December 5, 2024

Runtime

120 Minutes

Writers

Zach Baylin, Kevin Flynn, Gary Gerhardt

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