ICARUS / The Killing Machine (2009)

[Jox]

Some guy who probably wouldn't enjoy Dolph movies anyway posted a review on IMDB but don't take it seriously. (plus there's minor spoilers which aren't really but give you more about some details which i don't think are necessary to know before you see it by yourself)...

[Jox]

Now here is a valuable and lengthy review from German TV director Hasko Baumann, who worked with Dolph on the "Into the night" episode in Stockholm in 2006 and is obviously a fan of the man.
And he apparently loved iCARUS!
http://www.dasmanifest.com/01/icarus.php

Maybe Mosquito or Darling can write a condensed summary of it?

[Simon]

Now here is a valuable and lengthy review from German TV director Hasko Baumann, who worked with Dolph on the "Into the night" episode in Stockholm in 2006 and is obviously a fan of the man.
And he apparently loved iCARUS!
http://www.dasmanifest.com/01/icarus.php

Maybe Mosquito or Darling can write a condensed summary of it?

Thanks Jox. Sounds interesting. I like that he mentioned that there will be a few gory scenes:-) This movie is on my top 5 movie list of 2010. 2 months to go.

[Jox]

And here's an interview with exec producer Paul Hertzberg (CineTel) about ICARUS pre-sales in Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Films) book "Produce Your Own Damn Movie"! (which has a DVD in which Dolph appears I think)
http://www.amazon.de/gp/reader/02408104 ... eader-page

[Mosquito]

Maybe Mosquito or Darling can write a condensed summary of it?

Wow, ok, I'll give it a try. I guess Google would skip too many made-up words. So first of all Hasko praises Dolph as a very kind, charming and friendly person, as well as a perfect professional. He has the highest respect for Dolph's directorial work so far and complains about people on the Web who claim that Dolph just does it for easy retirement money. (Many people say that Dolph is a very nice person but Hasko seems extremely convinced.)

About the movie: Hasko says it's an old-school, not funny but very tough movie with an ambivalent Dolph, definitely not the sympathetic hero. He also praises Bo Svenson as a superior nemesis compared to the usual suspects from the other movies (Eastern European actors). Likes the movie very much and calls it one of Dolph's best, even though he thinks that you can see the limited budget in some dialogue scenes. But he says what all people say: Dolph is a master in getting absolutely the best out of any given budget.

Ok, that was not exactly a perfect summary but you get the idea.

[Jox]

Another review that looks pretty good
http://bereitsgetestet.de/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=59

[Dragonrage]

Unused cover artwork?

Possible rental release March 10th (Germany)

Heheh...just saw this cover...reminds me on a teaser poster that I made for my movie in working a couple of moths before

[xclaw]

Anyone catch this on Movie Central?

[acanuckfan]

I caught it on movie network. Actually it was kinda by accident was looking through the channel preview and saw the name on screen. Anyways possible spoilers ahead

I enjoyed it. I probably would have enjoyed it more if Dolph could have played it the way he wanted. I don't know what it is but I so want Dolph to play bad guys more often. Would be good for him from an acting point of view 'cause he can pretty much do what he wants as a bad guy. Yeah he's an assassin that kills people but he is still sympathized 'cause of his ex-wife and kid and he just wants to get away from the whole thing. It's ok but still being a bad guy would be better.

I apologize for not remembering things I should have done this earlier. I liked the scenes especially the shoot-out at the farm. (SPOILER) The twist half way through involving Kerr (SPOILER) wich took place at the farm was predictable but as I said it led to a good shoot-out.

This next paragraph is pretty much a spoiler so skip ahead if you don't want ANY of the movie ruined. One complaint I did have with the movie is when Icarus gets his wife and her current boyfriend to leave with him and they meet up with cops. I could tell they were gonna be bad guys when they showed up but did they have to make it so obvious by having silencers on their guns??? Also who the hell gets a gun with a silencer pointed at there head by a cop and still think everything is alright?? I really didn't feel sorry for the boyfriend getting shot after that scene.

Well that's all I can remember. One question I do have...is there any spoiler tags I can use when typing this stuff up? I can't really see any box to push or check that says spoiler. I might be blind. I'm one of those people that really doesn't like anything spoiled no mateer how much I wanna know and I don't wanna do that to others. It was an enjoyable movie with lots of guns including a shogun Dolph uses wich I thought looked cool.

Anyways thanks for your time.

[Jox]

Thanks for your review acanuckfan!
I don't think there is any spoiler function as far as I know, but you can use the white font color like I just did to hide the spoilers.

[acanuckfan]

Thanks for the tip. I figured that I wasn't revealing anything big but I just didn't want to ruin anything for anyone. Does anyone have an idea on when the movie is coming out on dvd in north america? Looks like this is ANOTHER Dolph movie I'm gonna be patiently waiting for.

[Jox]

Good news and bad news about the upcoming German edition...

Bad news is that it's pushed back to April 29th for retail (rental March 30th).

Good news is that it's UNCUT (which by German standards is pretty good since CP wasn't for instance)...

[Mosquito]

Good news and bad news about the upcoming German edition...

Bad news is that it's pushed back to April 29th for retail (rental March 30th).

Good news is that it's UNCUT (which by German standards is pretty good since CP wasn't for instance)..

Hmpf... I can still rent it on my birthday then... is this DVD or Bluray, too?

The uncut thingie is indeed good news and indicates that the movie can't be too bloody. I wouldn't even think of spending money for the German editions of Red Scorpion or Men of War or almost every other Dolph film. So I guess it's more the "cold violence" type, if you know what I mean?

[Jox]

is this DVD or Bluray, too?

I think it's DVD AND BLU-RAY.

[MFS]

Looking forward to this one, I'm a sucker for assassin flicks