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Polar
Directed by
Jonas Åkerlund
NC-17
2019
1h 58m
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6.3
20%
70%
6.3
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A retiring assassin suddenly finds himself on the receiving end of a hit, contracted by none other than his own employer seeking to cash in on the pensions of aging employees.
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Cast of Polar
Mads Mikkelsen
Duncan Vizla / Executive Producer
Vanessa Hudgens
Camille
Katheryn Winnick
Vivian
Inga Cadranel
Regina
Fei Ren
Hilde
Ruby O. Fee
Sindy
Matt Lucas
Blut
Robert Maillet
Karl
Anthony Grant
Facundo
Josh Cruddas
Alexei
Lovina Yavari
Junkie Jane
Ayisha Issa
Jazmin
Pedro Miguel Arce
Pedro
Anastasia Marinina
Evalina
Richard Dreyfuss
Porter
Jill Frappier
Doris
Nia Roam
Ginny
Julian Richings
Lomas
Johnny Knoxville
Michael Green
Roman Lebeau
Donald
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Polar Ratings & Reviews
Tank Lewis
October 31, 2025
Baba yaga then polar
Dellvon C. Ford
January 28, 2025
Excellent acting.....tremendous storyline......Cast was superb......Cinematography on point.....and so many FAFO moments....you can't take your eyes off the screen......
FilmWeek (LAist)
Peter Rainer
Grody to the max.
Escapist Magazine
Noah Berlatsky
Polar doesn't fully understand what a great idea it's stumbled into... it gets distracted by pointless Guy Ritchie-esque stylistic flourishes, a predictably tragic/heartwarming twist ending.
Cultured Vultures
Jay Krieger
As just about every element of the film ranges from underwhelming to bad, I would be hard-pressed to recommend Polar to anyone other than hardcore fans of Mads Mikkelsen, and even then, there are countless better action films.
Lyles' Movie Files
Jeffrey Lyles
Åkerlund actually shows each day's torture to really drive home the point. Too often Polar feels like being tied up and suffering through an immense cinematic experience.
KPBS.org
Beth Accomando
Polar benefits from Mikkelsen in the lead. He is just riveting and when he finally gears up for revenge the film steps into high gear and delivers grueling action and a surprise punch at the end.
Common Sense Media
Barbara Shulgasser
Tale about retired killer is filled with sex, drugs, cursing
Pajiba
Roxana Hadadi
Polar is an astonishingly flaccid film, a movie that prioritizes blood splatter and bouncing butts over literally all else, including plot and character development.
Consequence
Clint Worthington
Every second grates and confuses in equal measure, with nary a thrill of inventive, exciting action filmmaking to break up the monotony.
Alternate Ending
Tim Brayton
When a film predicated on its slick surfaces to the degree that Polar is looks ugly, it really and truly has lost everything.
Film Inquiry
Tom Bedford
Polar could probably have successfully built on its clichéd plot if the execution was great, but too few of the scenes hit the level of imagination or wit needed.
Film School Rejects
Rob Hunter
If the sight of a smiling, one-eyed Mikkelsen dispatching those who cross him by any means available doesn't get your motor running then nothing else here stands a chance.
New York Times
Chris Vognar
If it has any redeeming qualities, it chooses to keep them a secret.
Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
A gleefully unhinged teenage-boy dream that aims only for hard, shiny surfaces, and stays there.
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
Polar is pure trash, but the generousness - and, in the final stretch, the poignancy - with which Mikkelsen approaches even the most lurid of the film's conceits at least pushes it toward the top of the garbage heap.
Polygon
Karen Han
There is a line of reasoning that dictates that any movie featuring Mads Mikkelsen with laser-gun-cannons attached to his hands should be at least a little fun. Netflix's Polar, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, somehow defies the odds.
RogerEbert.com
Peter Sobczynski
A gross, stupid and relentlessly ugly film from start to finish.
Variety
Courtney Howard
This abhorrent actioner is vulgar auteurism at its most depraved.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Too bad the only thrill you get from all the bloodletting is that you know each cartoony death brings you that much closer to the end credits.
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