The Order (2001)

A playboy criminal contacts his dad after stealing a Faberge egg. Later it seems his dad has gone missing in Israel so he heads there. His disappearance is linked to the religious sect: The Order. Lots of fight and chase scenes.

Director:

Sheldon Lettich

Writers:

Les Weldon, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sofia Milos, Charlton Heston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Rudy Cafmeyer
Charlton Heston	...	Professor Finley
Sofia Milos	...	Dalia
Brian Thompson	...	Cyrus
Ben Cross	...	Ben Ner
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Oscar
Sasson Gabay	...	Yuri (as Sasson Gabai)
Alon Aboutboul	...	Avram
Joseph J. Tomaska	...	Goldman (as Joey Tomaska)
Peter Malota	...	Amnon
Sharon Raginiano	...	Bassam (as Sharon Reginiano)
Sami Huri	...	Lieutenant Itsik
Jack Widerker	...	Executive
David Leitch	...	Detective Mike Moran
Abdel Qissi	...	Big Arab

Storyline

Van Damme plays Rudy whose father, Oscar is an archaeologist. His father goes to Israel. When his father disappears, he goes to Israel to find him. The chief of police claims that his father never entered the country, but an old friend of his father's was expecting him and before he could tell him more, some people start shooting at them. He manages to get away, and when he goes back to the police chief, he still refuses to believe that a crime has been committed. He then has Rudy deported, but Rudy convinces the police woman assigned to bring him to the airport not to and help him find his father.

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Plot Keywords:

time bomb | female police officer | airport | m 16 | semiautomatic pistol | 

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Taglines:

Jean-Claude van Damme is back!!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Abdel Qissi, and Brian Thompson played together in another movie, Lionheart (1990).

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Goofs

The sound of the police siren is not the sound used in Israel by the police.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: 1099 A.D. / It was an age of religious Crusades and Holy Wars. After a grueling four-year campaign, the Knights of Christendom finally arrived at the gates of Jerusalem. During the furious battle for the Holy City, a Flemish Knight, Charles Le Vaillant, had a life-changing epiphany.

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Connections

Edited into Today You Die (2005)

User Reviews

Shooting a little too high, but not bad!

These days, I never know what to expect from a Van Damme film. Is it going to be the old high-kicking style, the awful Dennis Rodman-era stuff, or completely different ("he's an actor!") stuff like his most recent and very good film "The Replicator."

I had the same reservations about "The Order". What to expect? Well, the answer is somewhere in the middle. For Van Damme it's a return to his fighting roots with plenty of martial arts and action with less emphasis on acting (which is a good thing).

The plot is a bit lofty, but moves very quickly with some genuinely good fight sequences. The characters, while not Oscar material, are interesting in their own way and include a very sexy leading lady (in tight tube tops!), the guy from "X-files" as a villain, and Charlton Heston who plays a spunky old professor and gets killed far too quickly.

While there may be a few too many things going on (ie. a secret sect, a bomb, a buried treasure, a kidnapping, a heist, an expensive egg, etc.), overall, this film provides good comedy-action entertainment and is not a bad way to spend two hours. Just leave your thinking cap at the door, buy an extra-large tub of popcorn, and enjoy. 4/5 Stars.

Details

Country:

Aruba USA

Language:

English Syriac Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Arabic Aramaic French Hebrew Ukrainian

Release Date:

27 December 2001 (Russia)

Also Known As:

The Order

Filming Locations:

Jerusalem, Israel

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$524,637

Company Credits

Production Co:

777 Films Corporation, Millennium Films, Order Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1