I love Mads Mikkelsen and would argue he is one of Hollywoods most underrated actors. He has played so many amazing characters in so many amazing movies and T.V. shows that it some what baffles me that he doesn't get more roles. He is also one of those guys who just scream BAD GUY or BAD ASS and it is in the latter that POLAR, Netflix latest original release, that Mads gets his chance to finally play an assassin.
Duncan is the worlds greatest assassin and he has been doing it for decades but with his retirement nearing he has settled in for the quiet life. When assassins of Duncan's calibre bed down for retirement they are paid out huge life insurance polices in the form of a retirement package; great for Duncan, costly for his soon to be former boss. Duncan's boss sets a ruthless team of assassins to hunt down and kill Duncan before Duncan's payout screws him out of a lucrative business deal. Duncan's retirement plans have just been altered. Stepping back into the game for one last mission, a personal one at that, Duncan faces off against the very people that he once allied with.
Aggressive, violent and exceptionally stylish, POLAR is the type of movie I personally keep an eye out for. I was pretty keen on this movie and I know a lot of friends who planned to watch it as well but now that it is here, is it worth your time? Time is valuable and you never get it back so find out in my short 7 minute review whether you should use the next 2 hours of your life watching POLAR or something far better.
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Welcome to REWIND REPLAY! If you haven't checked the channel out before my name is Steve and love all things movies, T.V., video games and just pop culture in general and I really wanted a place I could discuss it all with others thus- REWIND REPLAY.
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NEW REVIEWS- Reviews of all the latest release movies as well as the latest STAN and NETFLIX movies.
REWIND REVIEWS- Reviews of older movies.I like to look back at what the film was then and see how it has held up today. Often this will be used to build up to a new release.
RANKINGS- Once I've built up a new release movie with REWIND REVIEWS and reviewed the new film as well, I'll go ahead and RANK them from WORST to BEST!
RECASTS- This is where I take a new release movie and shift its release date by a decade or two and RECAST the movie with actors from that time.I also talk a bit about how I think the film would have looked and felt during that era and discuss who might have directed the movie and why.
5 THINGS STILL GREAT ABOUT- This is a new segment looking back at videos game of old and instead of reviewing them and pulling them apart for their dated graphics and game play, instead I look at what is STILL GREAT about the game. Fun, light-hearted and hopefully gets you looking at older games in a new light.
TOP 10's-Coming in a month or so I'll be adding TOP 10's to the agenda. These will either countdown to from 10-1 or I may make them simply 10 moments in no particular order.