Mads Mikkelsen in Polar. Image courtesy of Netflix.
Polar, starring Mads Mikkelsen, dropped on Netflix a few months ago. It came with a bang, and vanished without a trace. Based on a comic book or graphic novel or something, it is hyper-violent, overly-sexualized, super-stylized and probably extremely offensive to most people. It’s about an unstoppable killer, and the film is just an excuse for Mikkelsen’s character to go around getting into gun fights and knife fights and fist fights with a variety of henchmen. If you like that kind of thing, you will will enjoy this movie. If not, it’s not for you.
I think the litmus test of whether you would enjoy this movie is the very opening scene. Ask yourself: Would I enjoy a movie where within the first 5 minutes we see Johnny Knoxville get shot in the head by a sniper while a comically large boner creates a tent-pole in his swimming trunks? If the answer to that is Yes, then this is definitely the movie for you. If not, well, The Last Czars is also streaming on Netflix.