soulreava

Quite honestly, I don't understand the bad reviews here at all. I watched the trailer before going to the movie theater and YESSS I also read all the negative reviews which was a bit of a let down as I had really high hopes for the movie, being a hardcore terminator and Arnold fan, I decided to watch it anyway. So I put up a smile and said to myself, "Meh, what the heck, at least the CGI looks great in the trailers, we can enjoy that right?". So here were are (Me, Wife and the Kid), sitting at the top row and munching on popcorn and the movie starts ... The first scene, well according to the so called "Hardcore Terminator Fans" was a let down. But I don't think so. It was done for a reason, and that is why not everybody can tell (or write) a story and get paid huge for it. To cut to the chase they decided not to DRAG the same story over (as done in the last 2 sequels) and altered the concept slightly to turn things around. It was risky, but I really think it worked out fine. The plot was OK, acting was OK, effects and fight scenes were simply amazing and combined overall result was a decent and good movie and MUCH MUCH better then the last sequels after the legendary T2. This is not a copy, but yet it captures some of the most greatest moments of T2 and throws them afresh towards the audience. It's like ... Yeah that's what T2 was all about !!!!.

In short, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and I didnt have high hopes for it, but I was surprised. Wife and the Kid loved it and the audience seems very content and I can tell .. because I am a good face reader :). So just get your tickets, sit back and put on the "Let's give it a shot" attitude and you wont be disappointed !!!

I was charmed by the trailer which looked stunning and is what led me to watch the movie this evening with my buds. We have all seen it time and time again where we get amazing action packed trailers and when the actual movie comes out it's .. well .. "not so amazing" at all. I had the same doubt-ish feeling for Polar as we drove towards the theater but we gave it a shot anyway. Turned out were all greatly surprised and the movie turned out great, full of action, with a bit of emotion and the gory effects were cool too. As it were all mixed together with JUST THE RIGHT QUANTITY + THE EXTRA TOPPING for the special effects. This here ladies and gentlemen is a solid addition to action genre and is a more than decent rival to the John Wick series (No offense to the die hard Keanu fans as I'm one of you guys too). Mads is definitely a great actor, the next big thing for sure and is now one of my favorites. The serious assassin role suits him superbly well, he did a great job with the "serious dude meaning business" act. The plot is simple and predictable at times but it's well executed (the old school way and in a good day) ... the action is great for fans of the genre and any John Wick / Jason Bourne / Liam Neeson fan will definitely be MAD to miss MADS MIKKELSEN in action here :-)

I was caught by the amazing reviews and 7.2 rating as anything above 6.5 is mostly a must watch on imdb. However, the major mistake I made here was thought this movie would be suitable for a weekend night with friends and family and if you have a similar intention in mind PLEASE AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Unless you are in the loving father mood, I would recommend staying away. We expected a bit too much I guess, a little action, some suspense but hell no, none of that is in here. The first 30 minutes were ok, building the story and all, the daughter character is pretty good with the acting, but then it just keeps getting slower and slower and man it gets so predictable half way through the movie and half of us already knew how it was going to end. Just one work Great Acting but a very slow paced and boring movie..........