Polar is an interesting, heart pounding and intense movie with a great Mads Mikkelsen performance. The action in the movie was awesome to say the least and the gore wasn't just throwaway it actually added to the overall movie. However, the pacing was inconsistent as was the overall tone of the movie. The villains were treated poorly in my opinion meaning that the time used to introduce them and to show us their path leading upto their targets was wasted and the confrontation between our main characters took place a long time before the ending. Also, the movie tried to pull of a surprise at the end but it didn't work in my opinion as I saw it coming but that's not necessarily a negative. The movie was good but could've been great if it had strong villains and a bit more technicality in regards to pace, tone and direction however, the cinematography is beautiful in this movie and keeping all these aspects in mind I'll give it a 7/10 or a "B-".
Polar
(I) (2019)
A case of style over substance although that style was no filler, all killer.
25 January 2019