Polar (2019)

Directed by

Jonas Åkerlund

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, crime film, neo-noir, thriller film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 2,518 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging assassin plans to retire but his employer decides to kill him to avoid paying his pension. He must fight back against a team of younger killers sent to eliminate him.

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What happens

Polar is a 2019 neo-noir action thriller film directed by Jonas Åkerlund and written by Jayson Rothwell, based on Víctor Santos's 2013 graphic novel Polar: Came From the Cold. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, and Matt Lucas. It revolves around an aging assassin on the verge of retirement who becomes targeted by his employer wanting to cash in on his pension. Polar was released worldwide on Netflix on January 25, 2019. A second film, The Black Kaiser, is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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