Trained KGB assassin, Edward Genn (code name ICARUS), worked years ago as a sleeper agent in America. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, he quickly found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled existence, Edward tries to start over. He assumes a new identity, starts a family and tries to start his own legitimate business that could potentially pull him out of his world of being a hitman.
Direction
Lundgren behind the camera: surprisingly competent, deeply personal
Stunts
Dolph still moves like a terrifying refrigerator at 52
Production
Vancouver standing in for everywhere convincingly
Director
Dolph Lundgren
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lundgren has a master's in chemical engineering from MIT and reportedly used structural demolition concepts to storyboard action sequences. The man contains multitudes.
Released in 2010, Icarus capitalized on brief nostalgia for '80s Cold War action while actual Russia was becoming a modern oligarchy — making Edward's 'escaped Soviet' premise already retro-fantasy.
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