later in 2009, lundgren directed and starred in the hit-man thriller "icarus" (retitled in the us and the uk as "the killing machine"). he plays a businessman named edward genn, working for an investment company, who has a shady past as a kgb special agent known as "icarus". he tries to escape from his past life, but his identity is discovered and he is hunted down, placing the lives of his wife and daughter and himself in jeopardy. retitled in the us and the uk as "the killing machine", it opened theatrically in los angeles on 10 september 2010, for an exclusive one-week engagement at laemmele's sunset 5 theater in west hollywood.