Polar
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 25, 2019
6.4
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Generally favorable reviews based on 239 Ratings
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mrmonsterJun 27, 2019
Polar is a movie that involves a lot of torture. However, the real torture is endured by you the audience, when you watch this piece of trash movie. It's a movie that does everything it can to emulate the success of John Wick, and fails inPolar is a movie that involves a lot of torture. However, the real torture is endured by you the audience, when you watch this piece of trash movie. It's a movie that does everything it can to emulate the success of John Wick, and fails in every possible category.… Expand
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eva3si0nOct 3, 2019
Polar wants to look like John Wick. Except Polar is a Polish shooter in the world of AAA projects. In it seems everything is not submitted seriously, characters cartoon. The script was written by a 5 of the first class, and the characters arePolar wants to look like John Wick. Except Polar is a Polish shooter in the world of AAA projects. In it seems everything is not submitted seriously, characters cartoon. The script was written by a 5 of the first class, and the characters are completely not specified characters. In general, it turns out that the film is one big parody. And even you watch it to the end not because the actors play perfectly, or the script is so fascinating, but because it is just interesting how this circus will develop further. By the result in the film there is only one element that succeeded - acting Mads Mikkelsen.… Expand
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JLuis_001Apr 23, 2019
An extremely hollow violent fantasy that goes absolutely nowhere.

Mads Mikkelsen deserves so much better.
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metkikiJun 25, 2019
Who the hell gave money to make this trash. This is most disgusting film ever.
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AlexKallinskyFeb 26, 2019
A movie that started out with some promise but then shot itself repeatedly over and over again, showering us with unlikable characters as well as needless explicit content and gore.
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Bmw2301May 2, 2019
Just terrible in every way. Unnecessary over the top violence. Very disappointed.
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AgnkibblesDec 17, 2019
Madds is the only good thing in the movie. I literally made an account to review this trash movie.

Literally a John wick / Tarantino rip off. From the start there is over the top sexualization, so bad it makes the game of thrones nudity/sexMadds is the only good thing in the movie. I literally made an account to review this trash movie.

Literally a John wick / Tarantino rip off. From the start there is over the top sexualization, so bad it makes the game of thrones nudity/sex look like a kids movie. Couldn't even make it to the end, it's absolute trash.… Expand
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SaintPatrickNov 1, 2021
I hated this movie so much I had to create an account here.

Horrible waste of time. The movie looked like it had some promise, with an interesting story line, but it turns awful, and the ending is infuriating. I guarantee you say, "That'sI hated this movie so much I had to create an account here.

Horrible waste of time.

The movie looked like it had some promise, with an interesting story line, but it turns awful, and the ending is infuriating. I guarantee you say, "That's it?" at the ending.

The character in the red/yellow coat is ridiculous, and a lot of the assassins and assassinations are ridiculous, too. So mad I wasted time on this.… Expand
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mefirstoyJan 28, 2019
A mess of a story. A waste of immense talent (Mads Mikkelsen). A movie that tries to be cool and violent and hip and deep at the same time and ends up being nothing but a boring 118-minute cluster inside the most famous streaming service inA mess of a story. A waste of immense talent (Mads Mikkelsen). A movie that tries to be cool and violent and hip and deep at the same time and ends up being nothing but a boring 118-minute cluster inside the most famous streaming service in the world. Mr. Mikkelsen is a powerhouse. Enjoy him in "The Hunt", "Casino Royale" or "Hannibal", or anything he has done before, but not this.… Expand
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wulfentineJan 30, 2019
Couldn't finish it. Go ahead and call me a prude all you want but all I see is a potentially good plot ruined by absolutely boring, dragged on scenes that I'm 99% sure were put in just for shock value. Once the shock wears off, there'sCouldn't finish it. Go ahead and call me a prude all you want but all I see is a potentially good plot ruined by absolutely boring, dragged on scenes that I'm 99% sure were put in just for shock value. Once the shock wears off, there's nothing left. I've got no problem with violence in film or television if there's a purpose, but critics are right on this one. There is an audience, in people who don't like to think, I guess. I haven't read the graphic novel but if it's anything alike, it genuinely might've worked better there, since you wouldn't be forced to wait twenty minutes mindlessly watching the blood splatter before getting to turn to the next page.… Expand
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vampireboarJan 29, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Full disclosure, I got 48 minutes into this film and stopped watching because I could not bear another moment. In that time, the film manages to have zero tension, tedious action scenes, jokes that fall flat, and an attitude to women that comes across as perhaps the most unsexy attempt at sexualisation I've ever seen. Even the music is boring.

Does a fat man shot in the testicles with a nail gun sound funny to you? Does an obese man being called "meatloaf" while he is strangled? Do you like the idea of someone with just enough charisma to be a sidekick being cast as a flamboyant villain? How about a boring action scene in which someone is shot, and then some other people meander towards them and shoot him a couple more times, does that sound enjoyable?

Watch John Wick, or Kingsman: Secret Service, or Kick-ass. Don't waste your time on this.… Expand
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AponeJan 28, 2019
Mads Mikkelsen, poor Mads what have you done....
When I saw the trailer I can honestly say I was looking forward to this film. I was ticking off the calendar in anticipation for the 25th January to arrive. What a disappointment. TheMads Mikkelsen, poor Mads what have you done....
When I saw the trailer I can honestly say I was looking forward to this film. I was ticking off the calendar in anticipation for the 25th January to arrive. What a disappointment. The director better known for music videos and it shows. Little Britains Lucas as the camp bad guy, lazy writing, poor acting and way too long. After the first 10 minutes, I felt like giving up but held on to the end. I don't feel like going into a lengthy review when a lot of the negatives have already been made by other critics and reviewers. Suffice it to say, what a pile of poop. Please, Netflix don't make a sequel.… Expand
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vishalgoradia27Jan 30, 2019
Oh Mads... what happened here. The sole reason I watched the movie was for him and nothing else (Okay maybe the trailer looked cool... especially the lobby escape)

But the Movie was just plain bad. From acting, to editing, to sound design,Oh Mads... what happened here. The sole reason I watched the movie was for him and nothing else (Okay maybe the trailer looked cool... especially the lobby escape)

But the Movie was just plain bad. From acting, to editing, to sound design, to basically all about the final product. Mads gave it is all but it was sadly not enough to salvage the film

Do yourself a favour and skip this one.… Expand
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johnem95Jan 26, 2019
"Polar" is trashy, but not in a pleasant way. I understand it's based on a graphic novel, but that doesn't give the film a pass for being misogynistic or grating on the eyes with its wildly oversaturated color grading. The fact that this"Polar" is trashy, but not in a pleasant way. I understand it's based on a graphic novel, but that doesn't give the film a pass for being misogynistic or grating on the eyes with its wildly oversaturated color grading. The fact that this stars someone like Mads Mikkelsen is even more maddening.… Expand
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TalulaGreyJan 27, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I watched because of Mads but was sorely disappointed. First off, the summary of the film is misleading. He is not settling into retirement because he has not yet retired. They don't want to silence him, they want to kill him so they don't have to pay him his pension. You could tell that this film was done by Jonas Akerlund because of all the satanic/masonic/illuminati production scenes. It even seemed as though many of the costumes Katheryn Winnick wore came from Bea Akerlund's closet. They even had Richard Dreyfuss *grand master mason* and *32nd degree Scottish Rite mason* to round out the mason symbology. Lots of gore. Some nakedness and sex. A lame script and a few good scenes with Mads. Oh, every time I saw Matt Lucas all I could think of was Vicky Pollard from Little Britain trading her baby for a Westlife cd.

I found this movie to be derivative, predictable, and way over the top. The ending leads us to believe there will be a sequel but I won't be back for it. It's a solid 3 out of 10 stars.… Expand
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yerubandiJan 30, 2019
this movie is absolute junk. very ignorant and dumb dialogues. waste of time to watch this movie
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SireslyJan 30, 2019
I liked John Wick, The Punisher, Sin City, The Night Comes for Us. I did not like Polar. It is a bad movie.

Mads Mikkelsen is indisputably a cool guy, the Danish Idris Elba, as it were, and his more contemplative half of the movie withI liked John Wick, The Punisher, Sin City, The Night Comes for Us. I did not like Polar. It is a bad movie.

Mads Mikkelsen is indisputably a cool guy, the Danish Idris Elba, as it were, and his more contemplative half of the movie with Vanessa Hudgens in the snowy town is pretty ok. Even some of the humor there works. The action scenes, of which there aren't really that many, are also ok. If the movie had remained on that level, it'd be about a 6.

Unfortunately the other half is embarrassing cheesy trash trying so hard and failing so abysmally at creating scenes similar to ones from cool movies made by people with talent. At no point does it even come close. It's seriously Uwe Boll level. Just revolting, absolute hack garbage. The people responsible should feel ashamed and owe Mads an apology. May God have mercy on their souls.… Expand
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ScienceAdvisorFeb 18, 2019
A mindless clone of John Wick with a much higher degree of implausibility, mindless violence, comic book writing, and not much else. Netflix is carrying on with quantity over quality in 2019.
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DjakeirFeb 20, 2019
This movie is so nauseatingly bad that here is no point even giving it constructive criticism as it is so beyond repair. The only thing cnstructive that can come out of this movie is to show film makers and actors not what to do. It isThis movie is so nauseatingly bad that here is no point even giving it constructive criticism as it is so beyond repair. The only thing cnstructive that can come out of this movie is to show film makers and actors not what to do. It is appauling and offensive.… Expand
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SmashingQuasarFeb 17, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been an avid user of metacritic for years now but that is the first time I feel the need to create an account to write a review.
This movie. Oh my god.
Let's get this straight, I actually give it 1 because of Mads Mikkelsen whom is an amazing actor. That's it.

First of all, I totally despise Rotten Tomatoes and this Actor Studio driven movement that believes movies must always lead to something incredible that will change your life. Now with that said:

Most of us are probably aware that some people actually set the level of the worst director ever to a pretty high standard. So before seeing this movie, I didn't believe you could get any worse that Paul W.S. Anderson at making action movies. Let's face it, this Resident Evil (movie) franchise is dreadful. But now I'm reconsidering. I mean, this is taking bad directing to a whole new level. Jonas Åkerlund actually succeeded at making a movie starring Mads Mikkelsen, produced by Netflix with a O.S.T. made by deadmau5 one of the worst thing ever. This takes some serious investment at being bad.

The story is totally dull but we can totally live with it in an action movie so that's perfectly fine. Except for the final plot twist that is just unacceptable and hasn't been properly built during the movie. Plus the plot is so convoluted and the character unremarkable that you won't even remember if you saw a character before when noticing him/her in a scene.
Now the action scene could all be terrific. Like really terrific. But the movie takes it too far. Like the scene in the hallway when Duncan escapes. This actually started great, but after a few dozen guards this was just entirely moronic. The director actually spent a lot of time in fighting scenes with unknown guards and soldiers and NONE with the actual villain of the movie. Even if this guy would have been killed instantly we should haven seen that on screen instead of a CGI head thrown out of a window. That was a comic relief attempt at a moment that just did not fit comic relief and which was supposed to be the pinnacle of action.

Now I'm not a big fan of abstract sex scenes with a romantic flavor to it in movies. I think they bring nothing to movies and they are pretty pointless. I can accept those in movies however since they always have been mainstream so why not. I actually prefer sex scenes like Game of Thrones which are more graphic but serves a purpose to the story or plot. This film has neither. This is just borderline pornography. I could have accepted the first scenes but the one between Mads Mikkelsen and Ruby O Fee is just moronic. You don't even understand if Duncan is aware of what's going or not. Was he lucky? When did he notice? That's plain bad.

Apparently the villain has better guards than his "A-Team". Guards can actually resist Duncan longer than this bunch of idiots. They can't even hurt him while random dudes put 2 bullets in Duncan. What is this "A-Team" even here for? You don't have time to care about them since they all die so fast without any real build up between them except so scenes depicting them as brain dead teenagers.

In fact, nothing is properly built up during this movie, the first part is just Duncan doing random stuff that will never ever matter in the movie. At first I even thought he was in love with the girl from the cabin. I can't remember her name since she is so dull! Then you get the "A-Team" killing a bunch of people we never heard about nor care about. Then stuff happens that is so random you won't even remember it after seeing this movie. And then the bad guy dies.

There is actually something that made a lot of sense: The guards just get the hell out of the building when Duncan arrives after killing like 100 of them in the prison. That was actually a good idea. I would honestly get the hell out as well because Mr. Blut is nowhere charismatic enough to be protected with one's life.

How can you cancel a show like Hannibal and then get this **** out on screen? Please ask Jonas Åkerlund to refund all the budget from this movie and use it for another season of Hannibal.… Expand
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OlivierPielFeb 3, 2019
A R-rated movie strictly for prepubescent boys! Another flaming Netflix turd.
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GodzillaAvengerFeb 27, 2019
I only give this a 1 out of 10 because it can technically be described as "a movie." It is 1 hour and 58 minutes long and the first action scene wasn't until about an hour in. Unfortunately by that point the movie has showed that it is allI only give this a 1 out of 10 because it can technically be described as "a movie." It is 1 hour and 58 minutes long and the first action scene wasn't until about an hour in. Unfortunately by that point the movie has showed that it is all style and no substance, except the style is bad. I think Mads Mikkelsen is a great actor, which is unfortunate because this could have been a fun action movie where he's a retired hitman, instead it is not fun, and the villains are way too over the top for my liking. It gets to the point where it is just ridiculous. I don't recommend this movie because it does not have good action sequences, and it has very over the top villains.… Expand
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thesaxmaniacApr 15, 2021
Mads is literally the only thing carrying this movie. I can’t believe the user score is this high. It must be a bunch of apologists swarming in to defend this absolutely horrible ripoff of John Wick. This is quite possibly one of the worstMads is literally the only thing carrying this movie. I can’t believe the user score is this high. It must be a bunch of apologists swarming in to defend this absolutely horrible ripoff of John Wick. This is quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I’m giving this a 3 because I want my review to stand out from the 0 scores that flood just about everything. This is not worth your time, it’s awful, terrible, trash. It’s a completely worthless piece of garbage. Avoid at all costs. Yes, it even includes a dog for about 5 minutes. Holy hell this is trash, it’s not even “so bad it’s good”. It’s just bad.… Expand
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BroyaxJul 21, 2021
Dans ce « polar », on a surtout bien des clichés comme celui du tueur d’élite désireux de prendre une retraite (bien méritée…) mais qui doit se heurter à l’insu de son plein gré à la drôle d’humeur de son employeur, lequel ne voitDans ce « polar », on a surtout bien des clichés comme celui du tueur d’élite désireux de prendre une retraite (bien méritée…) mais qui doit se heurter à l’insu de son plein gré à la drôle d’humeur de son employeur, lequel ne voit certainement pas d’un bon oeil la prime de départ… qu’il lui doit !

En vérité, rien de très sérieux là-dedans, sauf vers la fin via un rebondissement ou plutôt une révélation moisie de derrière les poubelles dont la grognasse insipide Vanessa Hudgens se fait la porte-parole… ridicule de bout en bout, d’ailleurs ! Par contre, on apprécie la belle Katheryn Winnick dans ce rôle secondaire de femme fatale d’une ironie cynique bien agréable. Elle seule et bien entendu l’excellent Mads Mikkelsen (comme d’habitude) tirent un brin leur épingle du jeu dans ce film qui se traîne un tantinet quand même.

Un film qui peut faire sourire de temps en temps par ses excentricités et sa violence exagérée, lesquelles sont nettement inspirées des tarantinades et autres ritchieries volontiers provocatrices qui plaisent tant aux ados (idiots). Notons par ailleurs que l’on voit ici et là de la chair plus ou moins fraîche de bonnasses plus ou moins bonnes mais nous ne ferons pas la fine bouche à cet égard, car… c’est plutôt rare par les temps qui courent !

La réalisation est dans l’ensemble très moyenne, pour ne pas dire pire, la faute à un montage trop souvent cut dans l’action (sanglante certes) qui aurait mérité bien plus d’attention. Souvent débile, parfois drolatique (mais rarement) très brutal et un peu voyeur, « Polar » reste ce qu’il est, à savoir un gros nanar !… Expand
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UltimobeakerJun 20, 2021
Polar is a snuff film that wears the veneer of a Hollywood release like a bad mustache.
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greislDec 26, 2022
Polar it's just a lazy copy of jhon wick, with almost no room for originality. the narrative is just a lazy ass story with some action that can make it fun for someone that's doing something else while watching
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LightsAndBulbsSep 18, 2022
"Polar" tries to be a flashier, funnier version of "John Wick". Emphasis on the word "tries". Despite its desperate attempts to be cool or humorous, I more often found myself laughing at the film rather than with it. A completely hollow"Polar" tries to be a flashier, funnier version of "John Wick". Emphasis on the word "tries". Despite its desperate attempts to be cool or humorous, I more often found myself laughing at the film rather than with it. A completely hollow experience that by its end only leaves you feeling sorry for Mads Mikkelsen.
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