Polar isn’t
your regular action movie—it’s intense, dramatic, and has a thrilling ending
that leaves the door wide open for possible sequels.
I haven’t read the Dark Horse comic this movie is based on, but I can
tell you this film feels like a mix of John Wick and Taken,
with a bit more blood and nudity thrown in.
I guess Netflix wanted their own antihero star, especially since Disney has
been pulling Marvel’s Defenders characters from Netflix.
What makes this
movie different from John Wick?
This time, our hero isn’t retired yet. In John Wick, the character was
given an impossible task to earn his retirement. Here, our hero has reached
retirement age.
The company he works for retires their assassins at 50. The catch? These
assassins have a pension program. When it’s time to pay out, the company
decides to eliminate them instead. This hasn’t always been the case, as you’ll
gather from the film, but new management comes with its own rules.
Our assassin in
focus is Duncan Vizla, also known as Black Kaiser, played by Mads Mikkelsen.
He’s 50 years old and the best the company has to offer. With a massive pension
plan of over eight million dollars, the company decides it’s time to take him
out. The problem? Their first attempt didn’t go as planned, and it tipped him
off that something was up.
Their first try
was ruined by bad assumptions. They sent him to kill a target, but the target
was actually paid to kill him. The plan was for Duncan to call in when he saw
the target, but instead, he killed the mark first and called in later. By doing
so, he stumbled upon his own file and realized something was wrong.
That’s how the
cat-and-mouse game begins. We see betrayal, setups gone wrong, and Duncan
proving he’s a force to be reckoned with. The company’s head, played by Matt
Lucas, had chances to call off the chase, but his greed and the need to cover
his expenses kept him going.
Mads Mikkelsen
shines in this movie, delivering a performance that’s way ahead of the curve.
The rest of the cast also gives it their all, with performances that’ll leave
you wanting more.
The movie leaves
plenty of loose ends for a potential sequel, and I can’t wait to see how they
tie them up.
With amazing kills, jaw-dropping counterattacks, and plenty of thrills, Polar is a wild ride. Get ready to have the time of your life—and maybe start begging for a sequel in 2020.
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