Polar (2019)

Germany, United States of America

Action, Crime, Drama

Dark Horse Entertainment, Constantin Film, JB Pictures

Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Fei Ren, Ruby O. Fee, Matt Lucas

Jonas Åkerlund

Jayson Rothwell

Taglines: If the job doesn't kill you, retirement will.

assassin, hitman, montana, chile, based on graphic novel, isolated house, criminal organization, neo-noir, forced retirement

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

Reviews:

Author: jw
**What a bloody mess.** I the middle of the film, I stopped serveral times and wondered how to salvage this trainwreck, if I was the writer. The Mikkelsen and Hudgens scenes are strong, emotional, well written and acted, and make sense. And Mikkelsen is excellent for this sort of action hero thing - for which there are good action scenes, iconic even. But all of that doesn't tie in with the violent clowns. That part has some clever moments, but really daft hours - like, most of the movie. I wonder how the script came to be - whether a good original story got script-doctored by the wrong people. Add some wanton violence, some sex scenes, some torture and more torture, daft villains - lot's of unnecessary stuff that's just ups the rating without giving anything of value. I kept wondering "why". There is a number of good bits, which seem familiar; there is a lot of crap that feels like a complete WOMBAT. Someone OK'd this, produced, made, left it in the cut - and I don't see why. This could've been an original, violent and interesting movie. But it was utterly messed up. Won't watch again, but managed to finish it.