 What's going on everyone? I have a brand new movie review for you guys today and today I'm discussing Artic. Artic is a brand new survival drama taking place in, well, the Artic and it starts Mads Mikkelsen just a lone wolf in this one and of course is also directed by first-time director Joe Penna. Love hearing and reading about these first-time directors. Joe Penna has never directed a film about it but he has directed some certain shorts. The short films have been on YouTube and I love hearing people who got their start on YouTube just like me. It's again something that I have to acclaim Joe Penna. He did a wonderful job directing this film and I'll straight up say that first. Whatever else my thoughts are on the film, Joe Penna did an excellent job on directing this film. Why do I say even writing it with Ryan Morrison? You might be saying, okay, well, Artic, it's a survival drama in the snow. Is it something different than the Revenant? Is it something different than say other survival dramas that we've seen before in the snow or in other climates? This, Artic doesn't do anything new with the genre. One of the big standouts of this film, though, again, isn't just the directing or even the excellent cinematography in here. It is Mads Mikkelsen's performance. Mads Mikkelsen's performance in here is one of the best performances of the guy's career. I mean, I've been saying this for years. This guy should already have many Oscars on his mantle. He is an excellent actor and I feel like he's kind of had this ressence the last couple of years. Again, this film goes into showing how great of an actor he is in just being pretty much a lone wolf story of just him. This Artic's survival drama doesn't really do anything new with the genre and that's something that I will say I was a little bit disappointed by. I was expecting something different. You don't really get to know much about the character itself. You do come to care about him because this film is very much just showing glimmering little snippets of hope and they rip him away from you real fast. For me, it makes you care and gets you very emotionally invested inside the story. And even though I wanted a little bit more emotional arcs in here and maybe even some backstory and back history to Mads Mikkelsen, which I would have appreciated, made for a very contained and small short film with only runs within an hour and a half. It makes it, again, contained and works well for that. And like I'm saying, it might not do anything new for the genre. There are some quite memorable moments in here, especially two that take place in a cave. I'll leave that for you guys to figure out with this movie. But before I get to my final thoughts, guys, make sure to leave me down your thoughts on this film and hit that like and subscribe button if you guys are new here. And you guys are wanting to check out some early movie reviews. Plus, if you guys want to check out some movies early, check out Sandwich on Films also down below. What is there more to say about Artic? Again, Joe Pena does a great job directing this film. Mads Mikkelsen is an excellent actor and he gives a excellent performance in here. This is one of the best performances so far into the year of 2019. And really, I mean, the hope is maybe down by the Oscars, people will still be talking about it. I don't know. Blaker Street, I love when they take films like this different from other genres and platform out there for people to check out. If you're a fan of survival dramas, this is kind of up in your alley in your cup of tea. I'll never happen to watch the film again, but it is one definitely that if again, if it's your cup of tea, I can easily recommend it. Excellent cinematography. Some of the best from the opening scene to the ending scene. I loved each and every shot and they're easily going to end up on that one perfect moment page on Twitter one day. And again, first time director, I'm looking for wherever the guy does next. I'm definitely going to go check out some of his other short films over on YouTube. Just again, I love hearing these stories and I would just love to talk about them guy and figure out how he got to where he is and what he plans on doing next. Such a contained story and making it very heavily emotional. Maybe could have used a little bit more push towards me really caring about the character and I could have liked a little bit more back history on him. But again, to contain story for that, it's got me hooked. I enjoyed it. So with all it said, I'm going to give Arctic a B minus. Guys, let me know what your thoughts are on Arctic. Do you like it? Did you hate it? Let's talk about it down below in the comments. Hey guys, until next time, stay class.