Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- provocative
- paranoid
- arthouse film night
- political cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film’s bold performances and provocative indictment of inequality while faulting its merciless brutality, cynicism, and loss of character focus.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The wedding’s elite environment is shattered by rebellion, military repression, and escalating violence between social classes.
The narrative moves from a private wedding crisis to coup conditions, militarized control, executions, and widespread disorder.
The film depicts torture, sexual assault, executions, and coercive state violence without offering reassuring moral resolution.
The lavish wedding setting is juxtaposed with unrest, armed intervention, and the occupation of contemporary Mexico City.
Films like New Order, and why
Parasite
political social thriller about class inequality, institutional violence, and societal collapse
Joker
provocative descent into urban unrest, social alienation, and class resentment
The Battle of Algiers
bleak political dystopia centered on state violence and social disintegration
Movie Details
- Director
- Michel Franco
- Release Date
- 2020-10-22
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (389)
Cast
- Naian González Norvind
- Fernando Cuautle
- Diego Boneta
- Dario Yazbek Bernal
- Mónica del Carmen
- Eligio Meléndez
- Patricia Bernal
- Claudia Lobo
- Eduardo Victoria
- Xavier Cervantes
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is New Order about?
- At a lavish wedding in Mexico City, simmering class inequality erupts into a merciless coup that traps the privileged and powerless inside a collapsing social order.
- What is New Order like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of New Order as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is New Order violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in New Order as graphic.
- What did critics think of New Order?
- Critics broadly recognized the film’s bold performances and provocative indictment of inequality while faulting its merciless brutality, cynicism, and loss of character focus.
- Which films are like New Order?
- Films with a similar feel include Parasite, Joker, and The Battle of Algiers.
- How long is New Order?
- New Order runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch New Order?
- In United States, New Order is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
