Netflix has set a Jan. 25 premiere date for its new original movie Polar, an adaptation of the Dark Horse graphic novel “Polar: Came from the Cold.” Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal”) continues his transformation into Liam Neeson, playing a retired hitman attempting to survive an onslaught of young assassins eager to collect the price on his head.

Vanessa Hudgens co-stars as his mousey neighbor out in the snowny woods where he’s taken refuge. She becomes a liability when she’s abducted by the killers in a ploy to draw him out. Hudgens has looked better, but it’s good to see the Machete Kills and Springbreakers stunner getting back to thrillers.

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