
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives se... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him.
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| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderThe Iceman delivers a discernible chill in depicting the double life of a man who committed cold-blooded murder by day and served as a warm-hearted family guy by night. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamAs the body count mounts, the movie begins to spin out of control, but Shannon and Vromen don't let it derail. Their focus keep things from melting down. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordShannon, who bears no likeness to the real Kuklinski, convinces as a serial killer who can don the face of a family man one minute and butcher bodies the next. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyWith so many substantial performances under his belt, it's not accurate to tern Michael Shannon's exemplary work here as a "breakthrough performance." It is nonetheless Oscar-worthy. |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe dialogue is hard-bitten and Mamet-sharp. |
| Village VoiceRebecca MossUltimately The Iceman is a blend of Mafia-film cliché and the jarring reality of lives undone by crime. |
| SF CrowsnestFrank OchiengVromen's The Iceman will leave audiences cold with its chilling account...a delightfully probing and perverse exposition about a complex character study of an unstable man set loose among the masses thus becoming our wildest harsh reality imaginable. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsBecause the sociopath at the center of this family portrait never asks for forgiveness, The Iceman is truly chilling. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)A smart, subtle addition to the gangster genre. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonAs both violent drama and character study, Israeli director Ariel Vromen's film does everything it should. |