2019 · action · crime · drama
Polar
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund1h 58m2019
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.
Our read: Polar (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- cold
- twisty
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How Polar feels to watch.
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“You want hyper-stylized hitman carnage that turns brutally serious at the hour mark.”
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