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  • Actors: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Furmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller
  • Directors: Brian Helgeland
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00013YQCO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,451 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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.


Special Features

  • Audio commentary by writer, director and producer Brian Helgeland
  • 7 deleted scenes with optional audio commentary
  • Original theatrical trailer

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  • Running Time: 98 minutes
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Horribly inane, 1 Feb 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Whodda thunk sins had tentacles? Big CGi ones that leak out from your chest and wrap themselves around the nearest excommunicate with a bit of bread roll in his hand. They do in The Sin Eater aka The Order, which reunites Heath Ledger, Mark Addy and Shannyn Sossamon with their Knight's Tale writer-director Brian Helgeland to vastly diminished returns.

There's a mildly interesting conceit behind this frequently laughable theological thriller, but it never makes it past the incredibly bad writing: every scene and every character seems to be nothing more than backstory and clumsy exposition - it's the kind of movie where the female lead's arrival will immediately be followed by a policeman reminding our hero that she shot him a couple of years ago ("It says here she tried to kill you at an - exercise class?" "She tried to kill me at an exorCISM."), while even total strangers have the ability to relate a character's life history and philosophy at first sight. Then it gets even sillier. Not so much the odd demon that gets casually vanquished en route - "What was that?" "Demonspawn in the guise of children. Nothing I can't handle." - nor even Peter Weller's hardboiled no-bull Cardinal, the Vatican's answer to Philip Marlowe with a streak of Hitler thrown in for good measure. No, it's the masked villain hanging people from crosses underneath a Rome nightclub that really sets this one on the road to Hell in the worst way.

By comparison, the Sin Eater himself comes as a welcome breath of fresh air, albeit short-lived before we're back to the wildly overplayed conspiracy. Ledger seems to be basing his performance on Arthur Pewty from Monty Python's Flying Circus, and at times I almost expected Graham Chapman to appear in officer's uniform to insist "Stop it right now! This sketch has got far too silly!" But that would be far too convincing for this film. Small wonder Vincent Cassell jumped ship from the title role after only a few days' shooting.
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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been far better, 1 Mar 2004
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I watched this film with high expectations but the film did not exceed them. I was fairly dissapointed, it wasn't a really bad film, just very slow. Some parts were good, but very few. It's a film which you watch once...but could never watch again, if you know what i mean.
Heath Ledgers performance was pretty good, but let down by a poor script. This film could have had loads of potential but the story seemed to drag on and could have been explained in half the time. There could have also been more shots of Rome in the film, as it has such great scenery.
All in all, i think you should rent this one first before you think of buying it. But if you a Heath Ledger fan (like me) then it's worth getting.
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13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The sin was releasing this movie, 6 Mar 2004
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I got this movie as a gift for a Heath Ledger fan, who fell asleep watching it.... I perservered however and was not rewarded for this. From the synopsis I anticipated a completley different film...and got slow, in fact borring. A fate worse than death? really? Its not so much the actors but what they have been lubbered with, slow script, poor photography etc. How is this possible from the actors who brought us a knights tale.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Sin Eater
What can I say say about the wonderful Heath Ledger that has not already been said? My Hero!
Published 6 months ago by DeeDee

1.0 out of 5 stars Insignificant! Wish I could put a minus in my star preview - ****
My reason for watching this film was that it featured German actor Benno Furmann, whom I like a lot.
{What is this hype about Heath Ledger (May he r.i.p!)???? Read more
Published 7 months ago by Angel

5.0 out of 5 stars Heath Ledger movies. A collection for a much missed young actor.................
The Sin Eater [2003]
Well, I HAD A KNIGHT'S TALE
Then Last year, dear Heath died so suddden,tragically on 22nd Jan. 2008.

How could I get my Knight back? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Marilyn Green

4.0 out of 5 stars Good film.
This film is a very good film and though some people on here said that there was no story line and the actors were bad I don't think there really gave the film a chance or... Read more
Published 9 months ago by L. E. O'connor

4.0 out of 5 stars The biggest hurdle this film faced was the cast and crew.
Having given us the fun light hearted action romp that was a knights tale a lot of film fans must have expected almost anything than this. Read more
Published 9 months ago by genejoke

1.0 out of 5 stars booooring!
I don't know why i bought this. Maybe because I was having an emotional Heath Ledger tribute which involved purchasing a load of his films. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

1.0 out of 5 stars Forgiveness for the unforgivable?
Dreadful, pretentious tripe. A ridiculous and probably blasphemous conceit too. I only watched it all to see if it could maintain the same level of pretension through out, it... Read more
Published 18 months ago by S. O'ROURKE

4.0 out of 5 stars BETTER VIEWED 2nd TIME AROUND!
OK,this film is by no means a classic but is actually better viewed 2nd time around. It is what it is, a thriller (of sorts) but the eerie location settings and great soundtrack... Read more
Published 21 months ago by R. D. Finley-day

1.0 out of 5 stars Surprising anyone wanted to be credited for this tripe!
Heath Ledger played his part in this movie like a Zombie. His acting was so bad to be unbelievable,Shannyn Sossamon was the same,even when she got her kit off it was unexciting as... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Inmi Opinion

3.0 out of 5 stars A FILM THAT NEEDS YOU TO PAY ATTENTION
After Dominic (Francesco Carnelutti), a priest who is one of the last of the Carolingian order, dies of an apparent suicide, the other two remaining Carolingians, Alex Bernier... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2007 by stuart

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