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Polar star novel5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() There are occasionally clever moments in Polar such as this, but they are drowned in a sea of blood and guts as Åkerlund stuffs his film with wall-to-wall violence. It sounds ludicrous in writing, but in the film it actually feels like an amusing dig at corporate America forcing early retirement and shortchanging employees’ 401k accounts. Rather than shell out the millions of dollars owed to his employees, Blut has hired his younger assassins to go around bumping off their elder statesmen. Why? The hitman syndicate offers a very lucrative retirement package. Alas, his employer Blut (Matt Lucas) is hellbent on ensuring Duncan doesn’t make it to retirement age. ![]() He’s turning 50 in two weeks, and looking forward to retirement. As we meet Duncan, he’s receiving his annual physical. Helmed by pre-eminent music video director Jonas Åkerlund, Polar stars Mads Mikkelsen as Duncan – or the “Black Kaiser” – one of the world’s greatest hitmen. ![]()
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