Being the only person on screen for an entire movie (or a large majority of the entire movie) did wonders for the likes of Robert Redford (“All Is Lost”), Blake Lively (“The Shallow”), Sandra Bullock (“Gravity”), Tom Hanks (“Castaway”), and Tom Hardy (“Locke”), and now Mads Mikkelsen joins the club with the upcoming survival thriller “Arctic.” The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Joe Penna, who shares screenwriting credit with Ryan Morrison.

“Arctic” stars Mads Mikkelsen as a pilot named Overgård who is awaiting rescue after crash landing in the titular polar region. Overgård must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.

IndieWire’s David Ehrlich praised “Arctic” at the Cannes Film Festival as “one of the best movies ever made about a man stranded in the wilderness.” In his B+ review,...