Review of Polar

Polar (I) (2019)
5/10
Ruined by bad characters and all the silliness
26 January 2019
What saves this movie from being a 1/10 is that Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic on the role of the hitman. He is not only believable while doing the John Wick-style action scenes but, unlike Keanu Reeves, he can actually deliver in the drama department (it's a shame they did not chose him for the new "The Witcher" series since he was practically born for the character of Geralt of Rivia). The main problem of this movie is that all the other characters , especially the main antagonist, are so far-fetched and cheesy that it looks like a cheap B-movie when they are in the scene. They are so ridiculous and Matt Lucas acting and character is so over-the-top that it completely ruins the movie. Even if they had decided to go with the stereotypical Russian mob boss antagonist, the movie would have been 1000 times better. Imagine "The Bourne Identity" but with a bunch of clowns and villains from a children's movie chasing the main protagonist instead of CIA agents, and you will know exactly what this movie is.
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