POLAR RESCUE Review: Donnie Yen Is The Reluctant Hero We Don’t Deserve In Lo Chi-Leung’s Unsettling Rescue Drama
Polar Rescue lands on digital and blu-ray beginning March 26 from Well Go USA. With decades of imprinting himself onto martial arts film fans in his wake, actor Donnie Yen has accrued more than enough wiggle room in his work space to drop the occasional non-action gem for more audiences. It definitely contributes something more versatile to his career, in my view. Like his peers, he’s a talented actor who adds a good deal of depth to many of his roles, doling out decent performances and making the most of each project he’s on, and that especially goes for his latest mainland release from director Lo Chi-Leung, Polar Rescue, also known regionally as Comeback Home. Directed by Lo from a script he co-penned, Polar Rescue delves into something way more than the trailers mostly insinuate, which is signature of a damn good trailer editor (something Hollywood tends to suffer from […]
