Netflix has just dropped a trailer for their latest feature film and there should be a warning attached:may cause heavy breathing and frequent nail-biting.Based on the memoir byEjnar Mikkelsen,Against the IcestarsNikolaj Coster-Waldauas Mikkelsen, an Arctic explorer who is bound and determined to find the diaries of theMylius-Erichsenexpedition: diaries that would prove that the previously held understanding of the shape of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving to the United States.
While the plot is steeped in Denmark’s history, the trailer is quick to establish the stakes of the film, highlighting the harsh conditions and the seemingly futile expedition that Mikkelsen and his sole accomplice Iver Iversen, played byJoe Coleembark upon. The anxiety begins at the onset of the trailer asCharles Dancedelivers the film’s thesis, saying, “When you travel into unknown lands to discover new parts of the globe, it is to ensure the records of your discoveries are delivered bacl, safe and sound. With or without you.”
The trailer delivers the standard fair, introducing Waldau and Cole and establishing the dangers that lie ahead. Yet as the explorers travel deeper in the arctic terrain, which presents the beautiful cinematography ofTorben Forsberg, the trailer’s score becomes more cryptic and mysterious as the intrepid explorers battle the elements, the wildlife, their own mental capacity, and each other.
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Against the Icemarks the return of Waldau as a writer, as he shares a screenwriting credit withJoe Derrick, who makes his debut as a feature film writer. Waldau had previously co-written the filmWildsidewithSimon Sathoand starringMads Mikkelsen. When speaking toEntertainment Weekly,Waldau acknowledged that the expedition highlight inAgainst the Ice"is not widely known…it’s a great story that we can’t wait for people to experience."
Directed byPeter Flinth,Against the Icepremieres exclusively on Netflix on March 2.Check out the official trailer below:
