Released in early January as a Netflix Original Film (based on the graphic novel of the same name), Polar (2019) stars Mads Mikkelsen as Duncan Vizla, codename “The Black Kaiser”, one of the most ruthless and successful assassins in the Damocles Company. He’s approaching 50 and retirement, and his assassin’s guild has “matched his 401k”. He stands to walk away with 8 million dollars, but he fine print of his contract dictates that should he die before retirement, all of the money owed to him would be returned to Damocles.