ARCTIC (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt), Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (Black’s Game)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Penna (film debut), director, writer; Ryan Morrison (film debut), writer, editor; Noah C. Haeussner (Blood Is Blood), Christopher Lemole (Mudbound) and Tim Zajaros (Mom and Dad), producers; Joseph Trapanese (The Greatest Showman), composer; Tómas Örn Tómasson (The Man), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Overgård (Mikkelsen) is left stranded somewhere in the Arctic after surviving a plane crash. When he is suddenly joined in his isolation by the young survivor of a helicopter crash (Smáradóttir), both of them must now embark on a deadly trek through the frozen landscapes if they are to have any chance of surviving…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Mads Mikkelsen gives one of his strongest performances in this tense survival flick that pits him against the bitter cold of the Arctic desert.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 2019

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