Director Jonas Åkerlund's thriller come to Netflix in January.
2019 is a big year for director Jonas Åkerlund. Later he'll give us his take on the '80s Norwegian Black metal scandals in Lords of Chaos, but before then he's delivering an action thriller courtesy of Netflix.
Polar stars Mads Mikkelsen as a retired hitman who finds himself on a hit list. The cast also includes Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Matt Lucas, Ruby O. Fee, Fei Ren, Anthony Grant, Josh Cruddas, Robert Maillet, Julian Richings, Johnny Knoxville and Richard Dreyfuss.
Polar debuts on Netflix January 25th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
The world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka The Black Kaiser, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with an army of younger, faster, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced.