Polar (2019)

Love this movie! Mads play his role to perfection. Dont understand bad rewiew - I think it is a very intertaining movie

Fmovies: The storyline is very simple, a top assassin named Mads(Duncan aka "The Black Kaiser") is settling into retirement whereas his former employer identify him as a liability to the firm. So he sends a group of ruthless killers (young assassins) to find and finish him. The movie is based on a graphic novel: "Polar: came from the cold". Although I've not read the comic but I can guarantee that the team has done justice with stylish action choreography and gun fights full of gore, contains brief nudity plus appealing cinematography and music add-on to make it 'next' in violent movie genre. The cast comprises of Katherine (Vivian), Vanessa (Camille) and equal amount of shares for Ruby(Sindy), Matt (Blut) and guest appearance from Knoxville (Michael). It is a must watch if you're fan of movies like John Wick, Punisher and Equalizer. Since it is based on a graphic novel , the one-liners are really awesome before the kill:

Vivian: Heard you stopped smoking? The black Kaiser: "Figured, it wouldn't kill me"

I don't know what critics are going to rate it but this movie has everything which can give a high dose of adrenaline rush. Just don't miss it!

This film could have been great if they just played it straight. All the scenes with Mads Mikkelsen as a brooding hitman are great. The shots of the snow-capped mountains and cinematography are really well done. This is all ruined by trying to give it a comic book feel by having a group of over the top, outlandish villains, hamming it up. The movie just does not flow. And the worst casting decision in history to have Matt Lucas as the Mr Big! Even if you had never seen him in his comic avatar it just doesn't work. What a waste!...avoid

Polar fmovies. This isn't high art, it's certainly not Oscar bait or even trying to be tongue in cheek...this is a blatantly bloody and violent thrill ride with little exposition and a single purpose: gratuitous violence with no deeper meaning.

If you watch this for any other reason, be prepared for copious disappointment. No nuance or subtlety, just a murder ballet for the masses.

I predict that as is the current trend, that the audience will love/like it while the critics lambast it...shows the growing irrelevance of the professional critic as their disconnect with the audience grows.

What we have here is the typical hitman who wants to retire at a peaceful place but unlike the usual stuff where our hitman's wife/girlfriend gets killed or where he is pulled into the ugly job cos of saving some small girl. The concept here is about retired hitmen becoming the target n after the initial opening scene of Knoxville getting wasted, we r introduced to Mikkelsen , who is offered a one last job few days before his retirement n it doesn't take time for him to finish the job n sense that it was him who was the target. Mikkelsen did a pretty good job. He did decent job with the action choreography n he is in good shape. Is he obsessed with the eye patch? (Remember Valhalla Rising). This film has lots of violent action scenes, machine gun scenes but nothing memorable cos we have seen it all before. Good amount of sex scenes with eye candy boobs. The hallway fight scene reminded me of Iku Uwais' films. Equalizer, John Wick, Raid Redemption, Man from Nowhere, etc. We have seen it all but it doesn't get stale if u can pull it off well n Polar succeeded in it. A pretty enjoyable action flick.

I really didn't expect to like this with a 6.5 critic rating.

However, within a few minutes of watching, I found myself chuckling at the odd and playful style they took with the film, somewhat reminding me of a videogame.

It's enjoyable and I think worth a watch and a decent action film.