Stars: Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, Natalie Krill, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Jay Reso, Tinsel Korey, Fei Ren, Daniel Maslany, Sheldon Bergstrom, Josh Strait, Laura Abramsen | Written by T.R. McCauley, Justin Ludwig | Directed by Lowell Dean
I was probably one of about seven people that wasn’t enamoured with Wolf Cop. There’s a lot of love for it, but I just didn’t have the same blast with it that everyone else seemed to. That’s not to say it’s a bad film, I was mid festival, severely sleep deprived and in need of a good rest. So, when offered Lowell Dean’s latest piece, SuperGrid, I was eager to see if this was a one off. Seems that yes, it was.
Deep in the throes of a pandemic, Brothers Jesse (Leo Fafard) and Deke (Marshall Williams) are tasked to do a ‘run’ across the SuperGrid, a dangerous wasteland...
I was probably one of about seven people that wasn’t enamoured with Wolf Cop. There’s a lot of love for it, but I just didn’t have the same blast with it that everyone else seemed to. That’s not to say it’s a bad film, I was mid festival, severely sleep deprived and in need of a good rest. So, when offered Lowell Dean’s latest piece, SuperGrid, I was eager to see if this was a one off. Seems that yes, it was.
Deep in the throes of a pandemic, Brothers Jesse (Leo Fafard) and Deke (Marshall Williams) are tasked to do a ‘run’ across the SuperGrid, a dangerous wasteland...
- 7/21/2020
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Fei Ren, Ruby O. Fee, Matt Lucas, Robert Maillet, Anthony Grant, Josh Cruddas, Lovina Yavari, Ayisha Issa, Pedro Miguel Arce, Anastasia Marinina, Martin Zolotarev, Richard Dreyfuss | Written by Jayson Rothwell | Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, Polar is the latest graphic novel adaption in the world of cinema, in particular, to hit Netflix. Starring Mads Mikkelsen as retired assassin Duncan Vizla hunted down by the shady assassin syndicate who once employed his services as a seasoned killer. The result, while enjoyable on occasion with a multitude of outrageous action set pieces is on a whole overabundantly dependable on a repellent colour grading and boorish style with peevish misogyny.
Polar offers a great deal of bloodshed and abstract character yet sadly thinks they’re the highlight of a picture that denies the audience even a minuscule or basic form of personal engagement or depth.
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, Polar is the latest graphic novel adaption in the world of cinema, in particular, to hit Netflix. Starring Mads Mikkelsen as retired assassin Duncan Vizla hunted down by the shady assassin syndicate who once employed his services as a seasoned killer. The result, while enjoyable on occasion with a multitude of outrageous action set pieces is on a whole overabundantly dependable on a repellent colour grading and boorish style with peevish misogyny.
Polar offers a great deal of bloodshed and abstract character yet sadly thinks they’re the highlight of a picture that denies the audience even a minuscule or basic form of personal engagement or depth.
- 2/6/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Polar is a brand new movie that was released on Netflix on January 25, 2019. The movie is about a top assassin, Duncan Vizla, who has decided to retire. While he’s enjoying his retirement, his former employer suddenly believes that he’s a liability and soon he finds himself the target of assassins. The movie has an incredible cast, including Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen as Duncan Vizla. The movie also stars Vanessa Hudgens as Camille, Kathryn Winnick as Vivian, Matt Lucas as Blut, Robbert Maillet as Karl, and Fei Ren as Hilde. The movie is based on a graphic novel of […]
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- 1/31/2019
- by Mary Jane
- Monsters and Critics
It would be one thing if “Polar” were director Jonas Åkerlund’s satirical send-up of American hyper-stylized, hyper-violent exploitative genre pictures. But it’s not — or at least it arrives a decade too late to register as such. What’s clear is that this abhorrent actioner (an adaptation of Victor Santos’ graphic novel “Polar: Came From the Cold”) about a morally conflicted hitman with a price on his head is vulgar auteurism at its most depraved. It even has the audacity to cloak many of its repugnant sentiments and debauchery in the guise of female empowerment. Gratuitous sex, gruesome torture, copious amounts of gore, and garish imagery populate the picture. Those qualities might be reason enough for some to watch, although a great many others would do well to scroll right past it on their Netflix feeds.
Top assassin Duncan Vizla (Mads Mikkelsen), known in his field by the nickname “the Black Kaiser,...
Top assassin Duncan Vizla (Mads Mikkelsen), known in his field by the nickname “the Black Kaiser,...
- 1/24/2019
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
"Why are you doing this?" "I like it." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for a stylistic action thriller film titled Polar, the latest film by a Swedish filmmaker named Jonas Åkerlund, who also directed the black metal film Lords of Chaos - which is also getting released early this year. Polar stars Mads Mikkelsen as a master assassin who comes out of retirement to contend with a group of young hit men. The cast 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. It's based on the Dark Horse graphic novel "Polar: Came from the Cold" written by Victor Santos. This looks super stylish and comic booky, with tons of cheesy action scenes. Might be fun, but I don't think it's going to be any good. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jonas Åkerlund's Polar,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s a Mads, Mads world. Netflix has released the trailer for its Mads Mikkelsen-Vanessa Hudgens movie “Polar,” and lots of people who lived by the gun are going to die by the gun.
In the action flick, the world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla — a.k.a. The Black Kaiser (Mikkelsen) — is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm, per the streaming service’s official description. 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.
Also, Vizla’s pending $8 million pension seems like a pretty good (company) reason to off the hard-to-off dude.
Also Read: 'Carmen Sandiego' Trailer: Netflix Gives Gina Rodriguez-Voiced Character Her Own Origin Story (Video)
Directed by Jonas Akerlund, “Polar” is...
In the action flick, the world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla — a.k.a. The Black Kaiser (Mikkelsen) — is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm, per the streaming service’s official description. 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.
Also, Vizla’s pending $8 million pension seems like a pretty good (company) reason to off the hard-to-off dude.
Also Read: 'Carmen Sandiego' Trailer: Netflix Gives Gina Rodriguez-Voiced Character Her Own Origin Story (Video)
Directed by Jonas Akerlund, “Polar” is...
- 1/7/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Stars: Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, Natalie Krill, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Jay Reso, Tinsel Korey, Fei Ren, Daniel Maslany, Sheldon Bergstrom, Josh Strait, Laura Abramsen | Written by T.R. McCauley, Justin Ludwig | Directed by Lowell Dean
I was probably one of about seven people that wasn’t enamoured with Wolf Cop. There’s a lot of love for it, but I just didn’t have the same blast with it that everyone else seemed to. That’s not to say it’s a bad film, I was mid festival, severely sleep deprived and in need of a good rest. So, when offered Lowell Dean’s latest piece, SuperGrid, I was eager to see if this was a one off. Seems that yes, it was.
Deep in the throes of a pandemic, Brothers Jesse (Leo Fafard) and Deke (Marshall Williams) are tasked to do a ‘run’ across the SuperGrid, a dangerous wasteland...
I was probably one of about seven people that wasn’t enamoured with Wolf Cop. There’s a lot of love for it, but I just didn’t have the same blast with it that everyone else seemed to. That’s not to say it’s a bad film, I was mid festival, severely sleep deprived and in need of a good rest. So, when offered Lowell Dean’s latest piece, SuperGrid, I was eager to see if this was a one off. Seems that yes, it was.
Deep in the throes of a pandemic, Brothers Jesse (Leo Fafard) and Deke (Marshall Williams) are tasked to do a ‘run’ across the SuperGrid, a dangerous wasteland...
- 12/21/2018
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
WolfCop director Lowell Dean has released the trailer for a secret post apocalyptic film called Supergrid. Raven Banner is bringing the film to the Cannes marketplace.
In Supergrid, two estranged brothers must travel the notorious "Grid" in their quest to collect and deliver a mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.
Leo Fafard of WolfCop stars alongside Marshall Williams (Glee), Natalie Krill, Jonathan Cherry, Tinsel Korey, Fei Ren, Amy Matysio, Daniel Maslany, and former WWE wrestler Jay Reso.
Developed through Nsi Features First, SuperGrid is funded by Telefilm, Creative Saskatchewan, SuperChannel, the producers and Raven Banner.
In Supergrid, two estranged brothers must travel the notorious "Grid" in their quest to collect and deliver a mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.
Leo Fafard of WolfCop stars alongside Marshall Williams (Glee), Natalie Krill, Jonathan Cherry, Tinsel Korey, Fei Ren, Amy Matysio, Daniel Maslany, and former WWE wrestler Jay Reso.
Developed through Nsi Features First, SuperGrid is funded by Telefilm, Creative Saskatchewan, SuperChannel, the producers and Raven Banner.
- 5/2/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Drama, post-apocalyptic road movie join sales roster.
Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired worldwide rights to David Barker’s Pimped and will introduce the film in Cannes next week.
Pimped (pictured) tells the story of a conflicted woman who is wronged by two men in a sick and twisted sexual game and marks Barker’s feature debut.
Ella Scott Lynch, Benedict Samuel, Heather Mitchell, and Lewis Fitzgerald (TV’s Hunters) star.
Raven Banner managing partners Michael Paszt and James Fler negotiated the deal with the producers.
Paszt and Fler are also set to bring the high-octane post-apocalyptic road movie SuperGrid to the Croisette.
Toronto-based Raven Banner has acquired worldwide rights to David Barker’s Pimped and will introduce the film in Cannes next week.
Pimped (pictured) tells the story of a conflicted woman who is wronged by two men in a sick and twisted sexual game and marks Barker’s feature debut.
Ella Scott Lynch, Benedict Samuel, Heather Mitchell, and Lewis Fitzgerald (TV’s Hunters) star.
Raven Banner managing partners Michael Paszt and James Fler negotiated the deal with the producers.
Paszt and Fler are also set to bring the high-octane post-apocalyptic road movie SuperGrid to the Croisette.
- 5/1/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Raven Banner to handle worldwide sales, distribute in Canada.
Principal photography has begun in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on SuperGrid, the apocalyptic road movie from the creators of WolfCop.
Regina-based producer Hugh Patterson has teamed up with Trinni Franke and director Lowell Dean (pictured at right), who directed horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop. Toronto-based Raven Banner handles worldwide sales and will distribute in Canada.
SuperGrid is set in a near future where mining conglomerates have turned Canada into a wasteland. Two brothers must travel the same road that claimed their sister’s life in their quest to deliver mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.
Leo Fafard of WolfCop stars alongside Marshall Williams, Tinsel Korey, Natalie Krill, Fei Ren, former WWE wrestler Jay Reso, and Regina natives Amy Matysio, Daniel Maslany, and Laura Abramsen. SuperGrid is funded by Telefilm and Creative Saskatchewan and the producers anticipate a 2018 release...
Principal photography has begun in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on SuperGrid, the apocalyptic road movie from the creators of WolfCop.
Regina-based producer Hugh Patterson has teamed up with Trinni Franke and director Lowell Dean (pictured at right), who directed horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop. Toronto-based Raven Banner handles worldwide sales and will distribute in Canada.
SuperGrid is set in a near future where mining conglomerates have turned Canada into a wasteland. Two brothers must travel the same road that claimed their sister’s life in their quest to deliver mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.
Leo Fafard of WolfCop stars alongside Marshall Williams, Tinsel Korey, Natalie Krill, Fei Ren, former WWE wrestler Jay Reso, and Regina natives Amy Matysio, Daniel Maslany, and Laura Abramsen. SuperGrid is funded by Telefilm and Creative Saskatchewan and the producers anticipate a 2018 release...
- 6/6/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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