If any new Donnie Yen movie shows up, I’m going to watch it. This one isn’t martial arts tho. Polar Rescue stars Yen as a father on a family vacation wrangling unruly kids. He can’t just kick them.
When his son gets lost in the wilderness, the parents join law enforcement to try to find him. It’s a really suspenseful search and rescue in the natural elements, with home harrowing natural disaster sequences.
In Hong Kong fashion, the drama is melodramatic, but appropriate to a missing child. After three days, how would parents hold it together? They wouldn’t be Mel Gibson in Ransom keeping it cool. Plus they don’t even know if their son is alive.
So it’s a solid thriller and Yen deserves a break from kicking all the time. After last year’s John Wick 4 and Sakra I hope he got some rest, although he was still out in the elements and cold.
The snow looks great on Blu-ray and the caves and woods look ominous. Surround sound brings the avalanche sounds, helicopters and cracking ice right into your living room.