Sexylocher Masterful Movie

Steineded How sad is this?

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Michael Ledo "The Order" and "Sin Eater" are the same film. Heath Ledger played Alex a priest who is an old soul. He is part of an Exorcism order called "Carolingians." He teams up with Thomas (Mark Addy) and Mara (Shannyn Sossamon) to form a "Carolingian Link, Peter, and Julie." They travel to Rome to investigate the death of their mentor only to discover a "sin eater" (Peter Weller) something that was new to me, an interesting entity that exists in the gray area between good and evil.The film was interesting for those that like those Catholic church secret knowledge films, but it is not on the order of "The Omen" or "The Da Vinci Code."Guide: F-bomb, sex, near nudity.

wes-connors "For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier (Heath Ledger), is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil and the terrifying knowledge that there is a fate worse than death," according to the official synopsis.Brian Helgeland's "The Order" features rich Roman locations. Alas, the story is very dull, and provides none of the thrills intended. At one point, Mr. Ledger and fellow man-of-the-cloth Mark Addy (as Thomas Garrett) question Ledger's priestly credentials as the men consider sleeping with Shannyn Sossamon (as Mara Sinclair). They've GOT to be kidding. The story picks up a little around the time Benno Fürmann (as William Eden) really makes the scene. Mr. Fürmann's Christ-like "Sin Eater" plight breathes some life into the storyline.**** The Order (9/5/03) Brian Helgeland ~ Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann

dbborroughs This should have retained the title Sineater since thats more to the point of what the film is about. This is one of those movies that shows signs of being tinkered with, mostly in that chunks of it don't make sense, or a sense that seems to have been cut out. Basically the film has Heath Ledger as a priest going to Rome to investigate the death of the head of his order. Its more complicated than that, and for a good chunk of it, it doesn't make sense, not that it ever fully does. Frankly for good or bad this film is going to stay with me for a long time. Its not what ever it was advertised as, its an occult mystery thats closer to the Club Dumas, the source of the Johnny Depp movie, the 9th Gate, than to a conventional horror film. I like the film. Its very flawed but its interesting enough and raises some good questions about salvation and the church. If you want to try something different, and don't mind that its not perfect, I say try this. (forgive me there is an urge to wax poetic about bits of it...)

stock-1 "The Sin Eater" is a extraordinary movie which will come to first time viewers as a hit-piece. Most certainly to people who have been raised with a religion, in particular the Catholic. The Sin Eater actually filled out a couple of important blanks for me. The central theme inside the movie is "There is no Salvation outside the Catholic Church of Rome". It means that people, who have been excommunicated, need to find a alternative method to find a eternal resting place for their soul. Enter the Sin Eater, who, with his special powers, delivers salvation at demand for the right price. The Sin Eater is like an extra "God" on earth and as such cannot die and lives an eternal life. There's one little problem though. Although people do get salvation, their sins are _not_ undone, but are actually saved up inside the Sin Eater's body and soul. After having done his job for over 500 years, the number and severity of sins have become to much, even for a Sin Eater. A replacement is due. Enter the last of the Carolinger Priests, who is carefully recruited throughout the movie, in a CIA secret service styled method. The Carolinger Priests inside the Sin Eater are presented as the Jedi of the Catholic priesthood, who do exorcisms and extermination of evil demons like candy cakes between lunch and supper. The old Sin Eater turns out have made a covert deal with a rotten black satanic Cardinal who wants to become the new pope. It is this rotten deal with the Cardinal which becomes one Sin to far for the Sin Eater as his Sin absorbing powers are decreasing rapidly. After the Sin Eater is replaced by the Carolinger Priest, who is not into black occult Satan worship, things turns very bad for the Cardinal as well. Although the above scenario reads like a nut-case novel to people with atheistic or pagan beliefs, the movie addresses the fight between the Christian religion and paganism in a straightforward fashion. E.g. the Satanic Cardinal retrieves all of his knowledge by hanging people and listening to their last words while dying. The Sin Eater contains some interesting scenes. For instance, when the Carolingian Chief Dominic is coming home for the last time, two orphan children are waiting for him at the door. Dominic suddenly knows his last hour on earth is very near. Such signs have been reported before to actually happen in real life.