adonis98-743-186503 A Soviet-trained assassin is determined to escape his double life as a hitman and as a husband-father. Icarus or also known as The Killing Machine is a forgettable straight to dvd film that even Dolph Lundgren could not save from the boring and terrible script. The pacing of the film was also terribly slow and just all over the place plus the way it's filmed feels very cheap like it's some straight to tv movie or something. It also tries to be dramatic for sure but it doesn't truly ever achieve what it tries to be and that's it's is downfall and sin as well for sure. (4/10)

Maziun This will be a lame review . Just as lame as the movie itself . The only good think I can say about "Icarus" is that the opening credits are cool . And that we have 3 sexy ladies in it. That's it. Lundgren can give a watchable performance , but here he is just goddamn awful . He acts like he barely can speak English . It's strange , because he's a well educated man , so I know that's not the reason . So what ? Maybe it's the lack of charisma or any idea for how to play his character ?I rally don't know what to write about this movie . It's boring . Action scenes are dull . The dialogue is pretty bad . The story is thin. The acting is unimpressive. The whole pseudo-deep ramblings about choices we make are rather shallow. And what's with the cliffhanger ending?Better watch "The Professional" with Jean Reno . I give it 1/10.

Viva_Chiba First, i just don't understand the negative comments here, everyone thinks that this is a "True Lies" rip-off, there is only ONE element that resemble True lies (the family man with the double life), i don't understand people that says "boooooooooooring", or "it's not a kill fest, watch the trailer if you want a kill fest"...hum....did we watched the same movie ? Icarus features well executed and well done action scenes, with violent and bloody action.Dolph gives a good and strong performance.Dolph Lundgren shows that he is good at directing, someone should give a big budget, he reached the same league as Sylvester Stallone, both starring and directing some of their films.

ReviewsbyDave Surprisingly good movie, but not box office material.Decided to watch this over the weekend out of boredom and was semi-impressed. Not going to waste time over-analyzing an obvious B+ movie like some of the other reviewers.Its like watching Family Man mixed with some assassin for hire type movie. Action isn't bad, good blood spatter. Actresses were deliciously beautiful. Some human elements in the film. Again, if you're looking for sophisticated plot, not the best place for a movie of this grade. The film does make a reasonable attempt at a story. Just enjoy the action film.