The Iceman Movie Reviews

A based-on-fact gangster drama, The Iceman charts the life and crimes of a ‘Noir-York’ mob functionary. In a killing spree covering two decades from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, career criminal Richard ‘Richie’ Kuklinski murdered more than 100 people in cold blood. Adapted from a true-crime novel as well as an HBO documentary on the former mafia hitman, the chiller is a tad gratuitous in its depiction of violence. Creating a fairly balanced portrait

The film gives a disturbing account of Kuklinski's life from being a porn distributor to becoming one of the most diabolical contract killers in American history. Since he kept his family in the dark, they continued to live off his blood money until he got arrested in 1986 in an undercover operation. How he led a double life all those years - by playing a doting family man and a cold-blooded killer - is what forms the story. The Iceman is grim, dark and gritty

Whenever a movie is based on a true story, the least the audience expects is good execution. The Iceman is a decently- executed film and unless you......

Less than a month since we saw him clashing with 'Superman in Man of Steel', Michael Shannon returns to the screen, playing another creepy bad guy in 'The Iceman'. The actor delivers a suitably chilling performance as real-life New Jersey hitman Richard Kuklinski, who is believed to have killed more than 100 people in the 60s and 70s before being carted off to prison. Kuklinski's modus operandi - of killing his targets, then freezing them

The Iceman is a biopic about a famed hitman who killed over a 100 people, yet continued to love and support his own family. Based on the life of Richard Kuklinski, the film has Michael Shannon playing the lead role. It isn't your regular thriller, but a story that takes a while to weave its web of intrigue and suspense around you. Ariel Vromen gives us a first hand account into the life of a criminal living a dual life.

The Iceman has a thundering, scene stealing performance from Michael Shannon to propel it, for some that may be enough to warrant a movie ticket. For others who have already seen all the popular films about gangsters this movie would be a clichéd failure. Music video director Ariel Vromen and his writer Morgan Land borrow every single mob boss film trope available to chart this film, a disappointing decision given the excellent production