Ranking January 2019's Movies From Worst To Best

20. Polar

Polar Mads Mikkelsen
Netflix

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 18% (3.2/10 average score)

Box Office: Direct-to-Netflix.

Verdict: This vulgar adaptation of Victor Santos' web-comic has a committed Mads Mikkelsen performance going for it, but working with a sloppy script and Jonas Ã…kerlund's obnoxious direction, Polar is ultimately an irritating missed opportunity.

There are occasional moments where it hits the right note of inspired insanity, but more often than not this cartoonish thriller is just loud, violent and gratuitous for its own sake without actually bringing anything interesting to the table.

And sadly, even the basic thrill of some gory action is stymied by the choppy editing. Another Netflix Original dud.

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