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Critic’s Rating: 3/5

Almost immediately after Netflix dropped the trailer of Polar a couple of weeks ago, the internet started obsessing over the new John Wick. Usually, that is not a good sign. While the John Wick series has gone from strength to strength, similar films that tried cashing in on its success have failed miserably. The trailer of Polar promised a lot of the same slam-bang stylish action sequences, eccentric characters and quicksilver dialogue. Oh and a retired hitman who is forced into one last job. But there was a silver lining in the presence of Mads Mikkelsen in the central role of Duncan Vizla.

The film turns out the same way. It starts out on a promising, Guy Ritchiesque note. The opening sequence is risqué, blindingly colourful, funny and sharply written, and packs a delightful little twist at the end. But it gradually devolves into a tonal mess full of half-baked characters with a taste for ultra-violence, including the villain, or a poor caricature of one. The sole purpose of this glossy parade of random characters is to build towards an extended torture sequence which, had it not been for Mikkelsen’s sheer force of will, would have deflated into a distasteful joke. Polar lacks the most essential ingredient of the John Wick success story: focus. The emperor’s lack of clothes comes into full view when director Jonas Akerlund throws in a gratuitous twist at the end, diluting the already shoddy emotional core, before throwing his film to the wolves of franchise-dom.