Review of The Iceman (2012) by Peter L — 03 Jan 2016

The Iceman (2013) is a decent hitman thriller based upon real life events. The story follows Richard Kuklinski ( Michael Shannon), a notorious contract killer. The film is complete with tons of mafia movie cliches: old cars, conversations in fancy Italian restaurants, everyone's wearing leather jackets, the main character goes from rags to riches, there's a scene at a night club, there's a cold blooded killer whose a family man and Ray Liotta is playing some angry mobster. The best part of this film is undeniably Michael Shannon's outstanding performance. His performance is definitely award worthy. However, most of this movie is bland. You don't care about anybody except Michael Shannon's character. You don't give a shit about his wife ( Winona Ryder) and you ESPECIALLY don't give two shits about his two daughters. The film glosses over too much. It consistently time jumps. The action is really good and so is the acting. The story, however, is not as interesting as it should be. A movie about a hitman with over 100 documented kills should absolutely grip me. This movie didn't do that for me. Its not bad,but its nothing creative or original. Its decent.

Star Rating: 3/5.

Elementary Scale Rating: C+.