Polar

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.

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen

as Duncan Vizla

Vanessa Hudgens

as Camille

Katheryn Winnick

as Vivian

Fei Ren

as Hilde

Ruby O. Fee

as Sindy

Matt Lucas

as Blut

Robert Maillet

as Karl

Anthony Grant

as Facundo

Josh Cruddas

as Alexei

Lovina Yavari

as Junkie Jane

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

This is a bit of a strange movie. Part of it feels like a pretty good, dark and gritty thriller, part of it feels like a wannabe Tarantino movie and part of it feels like a comedy. Overall I would classify it as a B-movie but a pretty good B-movie. As strange as the movie is I have to say that I lik...

**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 ...

r96sk

This is something... I think I might've enjoyed it, marginally. I'm not entirely sure how, to be honest. For the most part I was pretty nonplussed by <em>'Polar'</em>, though by the conclusion it kinda grew on me if I'm to be truthful. I kinda seperate the film into two parts, the bits with Mads ...

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