Arctic

Mads Mikkelsen is a great actor. We know that. He is capable of great performances. In Arctic, he delivers. But lets just take a moment and think about the movie I just watched. This is a simple story of survival, of hope, of despair, of regrets. And it achieves something very endearing. It will take hold of you and make you a part of the movie. I loved it. Just watch it, okay?

This showed up in a “hidden gems” category on Netflix, glad I watched it. Mads was incredible. The story was simple but his performance kept me engaged the whole time. It was a short movie but it felt long, in a good way.

**Mads makes this movie awesome.**

You know from the start that only two actors are playing. You know the movie will be of THAT story. I do not get what else you people expect. I have seen a few such type films but I truly like this, probably because Mikkelsen was captivating, so clever on his actions and I really liked that we didn't have any soap flashbacks like family I miss you, I have a child who is crying at home etc.

[spoiler]The beginning where you just hits you directly with no why and explanation is good and the ending is more than good, just a frame of a helicopter approaching. Brilliant.[/spoiler]

If this movie taught me anything it's that the arctic doesn't give a fuck about your survival.

A fairly standard survival drama, though a very good one at that!

'Arctic' is wonderfully acted out by Mads Mikkelsen, who is all alone (aside from a small role for María Thelma Smáradóttir) and rather mute all the way... but that doesn't take anything away from his strong performance. It's a competently made film in fairness, as it manages to set the scene perfectly and tells its story well - I was invested.

The ending was kinda bleh

Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic and carries the movie. With a lesser actor this would of been bad. Still the script is a little boring until the end.

Mads Mikkelsen is one of the greatest actors I've seen in my life, and in this movie he is a natural; at some point it feels more like a documentary because of that, you stop seeing a movie actor and you just see a survivor clinging to his life and then sacrificing it for something more than the self. I understand that it's the nature of the movie, but to me it lacked a bit more substance: some background on the crash[spoiler], the deceased friend, hinted at by the pile of stones in the beginning,[/spoiler] would have been a nice touch; [spoiler]a bit more interaction with his rescuer, before she succumbed into the almost comatose state, would also have made things somewhat more interesting too[/spoiler]. Anyway, for me the movie as a whole isn't particularly great, but the acting is absolutely amazing, no doubt.

It’s crazy how a movie without dialog can make such an impact. Great movie of survival and the daily aspect of it. Slow burn with a twist literally 2 seconds before the end.