Review of The Iceman (2012) by Reddave2 — 10 Jun 2013

It's lovely to go see a film where I know nothing about it. Such was the case with the Ice Man a wonderful, brooding film which never panders to the audience. You get to judge whether Kuklinski really loved his family and did all the killings so he could support them or if he was simple always going to be a killer.

Michael Shannon is fantastic in the lead role incredibly intense when required, his final scene showing the more vunerable side to a man who seemed to reveal in his image as an ice cold killer. He's backed up with some good, under-stated performances from a solid supporting cast. Chris Evans in particular makes good work of his role as a fellow hitman.

Feeling very much similar to some of the more nihilistic crime movies of the 70's, The Iceman was a great surprise. Not to everyones taste, but engaging to the end.