juneebuggy Well this wasn't a great movie by any means, very low budget and from what I understand straight to DVD which makes sense. Dolph gives a decent performance though in his role as a former KGB agent and sleeper spy, trying to break from his dark past and go straight. He's forced back into the killing game when his cover and career as a hit man is blown and he and his family (and girlfriend) targeted.It is what it is, a low budget, B action flick. There are some OK fight scenes and shootouts, zero special effects though which limits things. And while I appreciated that this was in filmed in Vancouver and actually took place in Vancouver it was also fairly obvious that when Icarus/Eddie was supposed to be in Russia or China he was still in Vancouver.Dolph does do a decent job with his role -he's better than anyone else in the movie which unfortunately isn't saying much and he's (still) very nice to look at. 1/13/16

callanvass I appreciate that Dolph is trying to make more thought-provoking films. I'm a huge Lundgren fan! I grew up with the guy. As much as he tries, a lot of his STD movies don't quite measure up to the effort. Dolph does these pretentious movies with a deep message, haunted by a shady past a bit too often. This one is hard to distinguish from the rest. Not much happens, making the pace extremely slow, and hard to endure at times. Another problems is how grim and melancholy it is. I had to do other things to cure the boredom I had at times during this movie. They add in emotional family drama that doesn't add anything. Those that yearn for some classic Lundgren action will be very disappointed as well. There are some OK fight scenes sprinkled in sporadically, but none of them wowed me. There are some unexciting shootouts, if you're into that. Lundgren looks bored on certain occasions. At times he seems really into it, others disenchanted. He sells the part by looking sullen and ashamed, but it didn't seem genuine to me. Rest of the cast are not really worth mentioning. This is mediocre stuff! Plain and simple. I would pass unless you're a die-hard Lundgren fan that has to see every movie he does. I'm one of those people4/10

Argemaluco Dolph Lundgren made a competent work as a director in Icarus, much better than the one he did in his previous movie as a filmmaker, the tedious Command Performance.Icarus may not be a great movie, but I found it to be entertaining and very superior to many action movies made straight to DVD.The screenplay of Icarus has various clichés directly taken from many action movies from the 90's, which do not offer something new to the old formula of persecution and revenge; however, screenwriter Raul Inglis made the human element behind the violence to be credible, something which adds a varnish of emotion to the screenplay.The result may not be brilliant, but it feels more honest than many movies about "alcoholic ex-cops who must defeat an enemy from the past", or something like that.I also liked the fact that the main character is a murderer with a golden heart, so that we constantly question ourselves about the morality of his actions and our reasons to wish his triumph.That trick is undoubtedly copied from the film The Professional, but it still worked in Icarus (respecting proportions, of course; remember I am talking about a low-budget B-movie).Unlike Steven Seagal, Lundgren is conscious of his limitations, as we can see in this movie.To start with, he carries his age with dignity and does not try to make us believe he is 25 years old.The abundant action scenes are consistent with his character, who occasionally triumphs due to his experience and ingenuity, and not because of being omnipotent or infallible.Besides, I feel that even Lundgren himself recognizes the fact that he is not a good actor, and because of that, he filled the other roles with solid actors; I particularly liked the work from Samantha Ferris, Stefanie von Pfetten and Bo Svenson, because they all bring force and conviction to their characters.So, in conclusion, Icarus is not an excellent or very memorable film; but I personally had a good time watching it, and I think that makes it worthy of a recommendation.

swedzin This film is just about watching poor old giant Dolph Lundgren... easily fading out from the world of action films. A former Russian agent, or soldier, whatever... is still active as some kind of mercenary and his "fake" work in the investment company. Boring... Lundgren is slow in his mouth, action... no more good old Kyokyshin karate from this guy, come on, man! You're not that old!! Only gun fighting... He is acting in these films where there's something to do with russians over and over, return to US, we need you there! Why don't he make some Swedish action comedy? Come on! Don't end up like Seagal, please! I have faith in this man. But, faith also fades away. The only think I like about this film is Bo Svenson... good actor, main villain in this film, but he was in the film only for 10 minutes. No more comment...Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring....