10 Awesome Recent Movies Nobody Saw Coming
1. The Order
Though it was well-received on the festival circuit last year, this new crime thriller from Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) sank like a stone at the box office, grossing barely $2 million worldwide.
Even though The Order starred the ever-reliable Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult - as an FBI agent and white supremacist cult leader respectively - it gained no traction whatsoever on its opening weekend, and seemed destined to be forgotten in the content abyss once it hit streaming.
However, The Order has become an unexpected hit on both Amazon Prime and Hulu in recent months, topping the charts on each platform long after most assumed it would have no staying power whatsoever.
And it's absolutely a well-deserved fate for a brilliantly crafted thriller powered by some of Law and Hoult's best work in recent years.
It may not be reinventing the wheel, but there's something to be said for films that do the familiar with tremendous skill, and that's absolutely true of The Order.