Polar

Theatrical - Limited 2019-01-25

Cast Mads Mikkelsen Vanessa Hudgens Katheryn Winnick Matt Lucas
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Written by Jayson Rothwell

Genres: Action Crime

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Synopsis

The world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka The Black Kaiser, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with... See more an army of younger, faster, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced.

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The Black Kaiser: Mads Mikkelsen reuniting with Polar director Jonas Akerlund for a hitman thriller

Posted 4 years ago

Mads Mikkelsen must have had a blast working with Polar director Jonas Akerlund because the duo is joining forces again for The Black Kaiser, based on the Dark Horse graphic novel Polar by Victor Santos. Mikkelsen will star in the film with Akerlund at the...

Polar (Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: When a notorious hitman reaches retirement, the company he works for sets him up in the hopes of reclaiming their lost profits. Little do they know, they're about to mess with the wrong assassin. The Black Kaiser is back...

Review: Polar

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Duncan Vizla (Mads Mikkelsen) is one of the world’s top hitmen, but he’s being forced into retirement due to his employer’s policy that hitmen can’t work past the age of fifty. Rather than pay out his multimillion-dollar pension, his...

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The Black Kaiser: Mads Mikkelsen reuniting with Polar director Jonas Akerlund for a hitman thriller

Posted 4 years ago

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Polar (Movie Review)

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Review: Polar

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Exclusive: We talk Polar with Mads Mikkelsen and Jonas Akerland

Posted 7 years ago

You've seen Mads Mikkelsen be a badass before, in films like CASINO ROYALE, DOCTOR STRANGE and the TV series Hannibal, just to name a few, but it may be safe to say you've never seen him be this much of...

Check out the trailer & poster for Netflix’s Polar starring Mads Mikkelsen

Posted 7 years ago

Jonas Åkerlund's POLAR starring Mads Mikkelsen will be hitting Netflix later this month. The film follows Mikkelsen as (stop me if you've heard this one) a hitman settling into retirement and who is then forced back into the game to...

Mads Mikkelsen is a killer pulled from retirement in brutal Polar trailer

Posted 7 years ago

If you're looking for something to kick your ass into consciousness on this sleepy Monday morning, Netflix and Constantin Films have just debuted a trailer that's bound to get your adrenaline pumping. That's right, indie comic book fans, the trailer...

Deadmau5 is making his film score debut with Jonas Akerlund’s Polar

Posted 8 years ago

Move over, Daft Punk, because another mouse is officially in the house. Netflix and Constantin Film have announced that multi-award winning musical artist deadmau5 has been tapped to provide the score for director Jonas Åkerlund's POLAR, an adaptation of the noir Dark Horse Comics-published graphic novel series Polar:...

Mads Mikkelsen to star in a film based on Victor Santos’ Polar comic series

Posted 8 years ago

Netflix and Constantin Film have announced that POLAR, a film based off of the 2012 webcomic and series of graphic novels written and illustrated by Victor Santos has entered production! Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund, who in the past has helmed...