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Ashens and the Polybius Heist (2020) Review

A leap from POPstations to the Polybius

  • Zubi Khan Zubi Khan
  • November 19, 2020
  • 4 Minute Read
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Score: 7 / 10

I remember stumbling upon Stuart Ashens’ Youtube channel back during the infancy of the popular platform and immediately finding the channel to be charming in a strange, almost tacky kind of way. In a sense, this echoed the very subject matter often put on display, on the now iconic, brown sofa that has become the symbol of the channel itself.

Flash forward over a decade later, with a feature film already under his belt, I’ve come to realize that, no it wasn’t the brown sofa that made Ashens great, but the person behind the camera, the true Stuart Ashens. So in that regard, going into his second movie, Ashens and the Polybius Heist, I was hoping to see more of that charisma translate into the film.

Thankfully, not only is Polybius Heist, a better film than its predecessor, it also captures the essence of the channel in a way that I feel can appeal to both fans of the Youtube channel and those just looking for a campy and mostly lighthearted film.

The movie opens on Stuart, as an exaggerated version of himself, trying to break into the premises of a Collector who is in possession of a rare and vintage game. One that apparently does not belong to him. This scene quickly explains to the audience who Stuart Ashens is, referencing both his Youtube Ashens channel in addition to setting up his in-universe Collections Agency plot point.

Final Thoughts:

Zubi Khan

Zubi Khan

Zubi likes videogames that visually impress him, useing it as inspiration for his illustrations. His favourites genres include horror, action RPG and pretty much anything from the East!
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Ashens and the Polybius Heist

Director(s): Riyad Barmania
Cast: Stuart Ashen, Robert Llewellyn, Daniel Hardcastle, Eli Silverman
Running Time: 99 min

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