# The Polar Bear (1998)

> A veteran hitman and a fellow assassin fall in love while bungled contracts, stolen cars, and a bomb draw a criminal city into a deadly collision.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4521

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Action, Thriller
- Director: Granz Henman, Til Schweiger
- Cast: Til Schweiger, Karina Krawczyk, Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Jürgen Tarrach, Ralf Richter, Thierry van Werveke, Ralph Herforth
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167132/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: darkly comic, irreverent, kinetic, late night viewing, dark comedy night

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