Polar.2019

Polar (2019): A Stylized, Violent Descent into the Life of an Aging Hitman

praise Mikkelsen’s performance and the film’s vibrant, almost comic-book visual style. polar.2019

Purpose

The literal pole

— magnetic north drifting 55 kilometers per year toward Siberia; the ozone hole over Antarctica still healing; the last stable ice shelf (Milne) collapsing just a year later, in July 2020. polar.2019 is the final frame before the acceleration. Polar (2019): A Stylized, Violent Descent into the