the good fella at webster dictionary define logophobia a the fear of word . i may just be logophobic . for no word combination scar me more than when at the beginning of a film and credit contain the word ` produce and write and direct by represent and and be follow by a single individual name . think about it . there be carpenter and electrician and plumber and but so few jack of all trade . even the most seasoned of director like speilberg and scorsese rarely take such control of their film . but there i be and all nestle in my theatre seat and popcorn in hand and about to watch the order when hurl at me like a nolan ryan fastball and be the word ` produce and write and direct by brian helgeland . whoa . be a film buff and i knew of brian helgeland . a a writer his filmograpghy over the past 10 year would be graph like a dotcom company stock price in 1998. there be a many theatrical unpleasantries ( assassin and the postman and conspiracy theory ) a there be critical and award winning success ( l. a. confidential and mystic river ) . they seem to alternate one good and one bad and so know that his last film and bloodwork be one of the most wasted effort in clint eastwood career and i take a breath and hop for the best . in retrospect and i should not have exhale . the order star heath ledger ( helgeland a knight tale ) and a alex bernier and a priest in an order know a the carolingian and who be summon to rome when a fellow priest be kill under circumstance that the arch bishop deem curious . meet up with father thomas ( also of the order and play wonderfully by still standing mark addy ) and they set out to piece together the riddle leave behind in the wake of the priest untimely death . complicate matter be a sub plot involve mara sinclair ( play by shannyn sossamon ) who have escape from an institution that be the result of her attempt to kill alex during an exorcism . alex have feeling towards mara and for some reason unbeknownst to the audience and they travel to rome together . nary a good night sleep go by and alex be confront by william eden ( benno fürmann ) who claim to be a century old sin eater . a sin eater and a we be tell and be those that eat the sin of a die individual when the church do not and thus allow entrance into heaven . william and a luck would have it and be tire of a life of heal and look for alex to take over his role and free him from his worldly duty . alex be reluctant and but after the death of his new love mara and alex resort to the ritual of the sin eater to save her and the transformation be complete . alex then search for answer to his many query while father thomas unveil the vatican plot behind the passing of authority to his fellow investigator . the order be not a terrible film and but it be terribly boring . there be ridiculous special effect and no connection with any of the character . even in the most dramatic scene that of alex walk in on the die mara be pale and bland and leave u with no emotional response towards the couple plight . everybody seem to talk so quietly and unemotionally that the film flat line and smell salt could have be administer to keep me from try to grab a quick nap in the middle of the film . so and mr. helgeland and i plead with you not to try this again . share your vision with others and allow those more experienced to help direct you in direction that be not so narrow mind and self serve . until then and there be nothing emanate that show you be capable of anything more than a failing grade . two star .