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movie review - Polar

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2019.02.03

This is a grim flick about a semi-retired contract killer who's attempting to live out his life in the woods outside a small town. His past catches up with him, of course, and all hell breaks loose. This movie is particularly unpleasant and unnecessarily callous affair and I found it a bit much.

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

—Lenny Bruce