Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Order

 The Order
type
TVTItem
 The Order
label
The Order
 The Order
page
TheOrder
 The Order
comment
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Order is a 2003 mystery/thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, and Mark Addy.Alex Bernier (Ledger) is a priest. And not just any priest. He's a trained exorcist, raised in the Catholic Church by another priest and his mentor after his parents died. He is also hopelessly in love with Mara (Sossamon), a woman once tried to kill him. Bound by the oaths of his order, he dares not pursue her.But she pursues him. All the way to Rome, where Alex is summoned after his mentor, Dominic (Francesco Carneluttias), is found dead. Worse, though, Dominic was declared a heretic just before his death, and has been ex-communicated. Alex refuses to let this happen, and is joined in Rome by another friend and fellow disciple of Dominic's, Father Thomas (Addy).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })In Rome, Thomas and Alex encounter several demons Dominic apparently summoned before his death. It's apparent Dominic was attempting to atone for something, but they are at a loss for details until they are led to a mysterious man called William Eden (Benno Fürmann).Eden is eternal, not quite a demon but no longer just a man. He is a Sin Eater, the only person on Earth capable of forgiving men of their sins and allowing them entrance into Heaven...even after they have been ex-communicated. Thomas believes Eden is evil, a perversion against the Church, but Alex is torn. Eden convinces him to give up his order to pursue Mara.
 The Order
fetched
2022-12-23T14:57:09Z
 The Order
parsed
2022-12-23T14:57:09Z
 The Order
processingComment
Dropped link to SinEater: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 The Order
processingUnknown
Sin Eater
 The Order
isPartOf
DBTropes
 The Order / int_1439161f
type
Heroic BSoD
 The Order / int_1439161f
comment
Heroic BSoD - Alex has one after Mara dies
 The Order / int_1439161f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_1439161f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_1439161f
 The Order / int_19ebe383
type
Never Trust a Trailer
 The Order / int_19ebe383
comment
Never Trust a Trailer - The trailer makes it sound like the movie is entirely about corruption within the church, with no mention made of the Sin Eater.
 The Order / int_19ebe383
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_19ebe383
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_19ebe383
 The Order / int_2f329e3c
type
Tomato in the Mirror
 The Order / int_2f329e3c
comment
Tomato in the Mirror - Alex, in the end
 The Order / int_2f329e3c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_2f329e3c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_2f329e3c
 The Order / int_5e6ee70e
type
Takes One to Kill One
 The Order / int_5e6ee70e
comment
Takes One to Kill One - Apparently the only way to kill a Sin Eater is to then become one
 The Order / int_5e6ee70e
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_5e6ee70e
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_5e6ee70e
 The Order / int_86025d8f
type
Irish Priest
 The Order / int_86025d8f
comment
Irish Priest - Thomas
 The Order / int_86025d8f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_86025d8f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_86025d8f
 The Order / int_8b6394c
type
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know
 The Order / int_8b6394c
comment
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know - how Thomas views the rituals surrounding the Sin Eater and his powers
 The Order / int_8b6394c
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_8b6394c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_8b6394c
 The Order / int_9245d989
type
Sinister Minister
 The Order / int_9245d989
comment
Sinister Minister - Driscoll
 The Order / int_9245d989
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_9245d989
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_9245d989
 The Order / int_939a84fa
type
Embarrassing Tattoo
 The Order / int_939a84fa
comment
Embarrassing Tattoo - Thomas has one on his ankle. Which allows Alex to identify him at a crucial moment.
 The Order / int_939a84fa
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_939a84fa
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_939a84fa
 The Order / int_a8a5e4ed
type
Christianity Is Catholic
 The Order / int_a8a5e4ed
comment
Christianity is Catholic - justified in that it's about a sect within the Catholic Church
 The Order / int_a8a5e4ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_a8a5e4ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_a8a5e4ed
 The Order / int_c4c9bb40
type
Inner Monologue
 The Order / int_c4c9bb40
comment
Inner Monologue - Alex gets one towards the end of the film
 The Order / int_c4c9bb40
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_c4c9bb40
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_c4c9bb40
 The Order / int_ce2969d8
type
Spiritual Antithesis
 The Order / int_ce2969d8
comment
Spiritual Antithesis: The film is this to A Knight's Tale. It shares the writer/director and three stars, but that's where the similarities end, and the tone is the exact opposite.
 The Order / int_ce2969d8
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_ce2969d8
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_ce2969d8
 The Order / int_cfbd1467
type
Never Suicide
 The Order / int_cfbd1467
comment
Never Suicide - Mara, who's death was made to look like suicide by Eden so Alex would perform the ritual to absolve her sins
 The Order / int_cfbd1467
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_cfbd1467
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_cfbd1467
 The Order / int_d0309fad
type
Religion is Magic
 The Order / int_d0309fad
comment
Religion is Magic - Or at least, it can make you immortal, allow you to summon and vanquish demons, and absolve people's sins by eating some bread and salt.
 The Order / int_d0309fad
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_d0309fad
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_d0309fad
 The Order / int_d08595d3
type
Broken Bird
 The Order / int_d08595d3
comment
Broken Bird - Mara, who is seriously messed up, so much so she once tried to kill Alex
 The Order / int_d08595d3
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_d08595d3
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_d08595d3
 The Order / int_d62dd556
type
The Chessmaster
 The Order / int_d62dd556
comment
The Chessmaster - Eden, full stop. He manipulates Dominic into raising Alex, going so far as to plan Alex's parents' deaths. He then manipulates Alex into doing everything he wants of him.
 The Order / int_d62dd556
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_d62dd556
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_d62dd556
 The Order / int_da53340
type
Religious Horror
 The Order / int_da53340
comment
Religious Horror
 The Order / int_da53340
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_da53340
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_da53340
 The Order / int_db71d717
type
Thanatos Gambit
 The Order / int_db71d717
comment
Thanatos Gambit - Eden's plan to get Alex to become a Sin Eater.
 The Order / int_db71d717
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_db71d717
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_db71d717
 The Order / int_dc1761bd
type
A God Am I
 The Order / int_dc1761bd
comment
A God Am I - Eden seemed to feel this at first. Alex does, too, when he first absolves a sin.
 The Order / int_dc1761bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_dc1761bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_dc1761bd
 The Order / int_e905c892
type
The Heretic
 The Order / int_e905c892
comment
The Heretic - Dominic is called this, and thus ex-communicated
 The Order / int_e905c892
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_e905c892
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_e905c892
 The Order / int_ea39d156
type
Who Wants to Live Forever?
 The Order / int_ea39d156
comment
Who Wants to Live Forever? - Eden
 The Order / int_ea39d156
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_ea39d156
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_ea39d156
 The Order / int_f3d5d15f
type
Creepy Child
 The Order / int_f3d5d15f
comment
Creepy Child - we get two, in the form of the two demons haunting Alex
 The Order / int_f3d5d15f
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_f3d5d15f
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_f3d5d15f
 The Order / int_f9ef8dba
type
The Call Has Bad Reception
 The Order / int_f9ef8dba
comment
The Call Has Bad Reception - Alex is a nice guy and a trained exorcist who believes he's being tasked to destroy the Sin Eater. Unfortunately, the manual he's using is actually on how to become a Sin Eater.
 The Order / int_f9ef8dba
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_f9ef8dba
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_f9ef8dba
 The Order / int_fea42091
type
Badass Preacher
 The Order / int_fea42091
comment
Badass Preacher - Alex and Thomas both qualify
 The Order / int_fea42091
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_fea42091
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_fea42091
 The Order / int_fff371b4
type
Death Seeker
 The Order / int_fff371b4
comment
Death Seeker - Eden
 The Order / int_fff371b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_fff371b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_fff371b4
 The Order / int_name
type
ItemName
 The Order / int_name
comment
 The Order / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 The Order / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Order
hasFeature
The Order / int_name
 The Order / int_name
itemName
The Order

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 The Order
hasFeature
Hollywood Exorcism / int_9e7336d7
 The Order
hasFeature
Sin Eater / int_9e7336d7
 The Order
hasFeature
Swiss Bank Account / int_9e7336d7
 The Order
hasFeature
The Call Has Bad Reception / int_9e7336d7