THE ORDER-Makes Chaos of.True White Supremacist Terror Group Despite Jude Law as FBI Agent

Just released for screening on Fandango, THE ORDER takes on the true events of in the early 1980s of a fledgling group that branched off from a white supremacist order in order to speed up their deranged  mission to "restore the country to its rightful inheritors" white people like themselves. Especially onerous to them are blacks, Jews, Mexicans and anyone who stands in their way. Headed by the charismatic Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult) the figure most standing in his way is FBI agent the ruggedly handsome Terry Husk (Jude Law).  Both Law and Hoult are guilty of brandishing their cobalt blue eyes so often as to appear starry eyed and distant from the business at hand. Under Matthews' Svengali orders the business is robbing banks, blowing up synagogues and porn theaters and getting drunk. Namby-pamby stuff until Matthews orders a hit on one of his own foot-soldiers for being sloppy and the Jewish, CO radio host, Alan Berg (an incredible Marc Baron) for calling out the cowardice of white nationalistic groups. The movie gets off to a bloody start with the murder of Matthews' henchmen which brings agent Husk riding into town. Quick as a gunshot, Husk locates the body in a shallow grave and things continue to stay murky, making mulch out of material that may have grown into a tantalizing true detective story. The story is choppy and disjointed. Solving for the mayhem of Matthews' lackeys lacks suspense. Also missing is any meaningful backstory as to Matthews misaligned mania. Husks' team consists of local, young officer Jamie Bowen (Tye Sheridan) and FBI agent Joanne Carney (Jurnee Smollett). Both officers were compelling until Bowen got killed in a shootout that played out like an old western. Carney lost her credibility when she shed crocodile tears reading the Aryan racist plans and propaganda. Worst offense is the mirrored storytelling which parallels both Matthews and Husk modi operandi so as to make them seem co-conspirators or allied zealots rather than as adversaries. The final, fatal flaw is when Husks runs inside the burning house to bring Matthews out alive. Both navigate the hell fires without a singe or hair out of place. The two stare at each other doe eyed, looking like members of a mutual admiration society. THE ORDER was a tall order to screw-up. But, any glimmer of intrigue as a true crime, psychological thriller or sociological/political picture was decimated with a script full of holes and those unabashed ole blue eyes.