Review of Polar (2019) by Razzz — 17 Sep 2019

Polar is a fun movie, and it seems to embrace that. I feel the reviewers to the left have never experienced a campy shindig before. Polar follows a style of being campy and fun, for the sake of being campy and fun. This even is used to make a couple of hard-hitting emotional moments in the latter half more impactful. It's fun to watch, even if you have a want for deep themes and artsy moments. It feels semi Noir as we follow Mads Mikkelsen in his quest to try and enjoy retirement but there are people who don't want him to. The sexual scenes really shouldn't put you off unless you're over the age of 60, granted I do agree they were probably didn't need to be there, especially the third one. It makes sense but isnt needed.

But the movie is just fun to watch, it's presented in a very self-aware style, it acknowledges the craziness of its characters and doesn't even try to justify that, it just goes with it. As the film lets you have fun with over the top action sequences, fun and relatable personalities. Great locations and set pieces, great visual effects and editing. The film is bloody and it isn't shy about showing that. Our hero Duncan is a 50-year old hitman, the best of the best and to prove that he has to kill a lot of people but it stays fresh with those fun action sequences. With those comedic moments, with that fun style of writing, not deep edgy lines about how hurt and tragic Duncan is, but rather having Duncan being an unwilling badass for the first part of the movie, but then he's forced to defend his life and the life of others and that's when you really start to connect with Duncan, he was cool and fun to watch at first then he became badass, emotional and relatable. It takes the Logan route (Great Film btw) of a grizzled old veteran trying to escape his old life but Polar is fun, exciting and hard-hitting towards the end while Logan is heartwrenching and an amazing story to watch.

Polar won't win awards for it's deep themes or characters with tons of depth, but if you're looking for a fun action film? A film that can laugh with you. A film that will impress you in every way possible? Polar is a great choice, it's nothing to rave over, no reason to rave down to the film store and spend 10$ on but if you're on Netflix definitely atleast try this film. It's 20x better than what it seems, it isn't the pure edgy thriller that it seems. It's fun and makes you emotional towards the end.