Michael Shannon is Cold as Ice

bjhomeboy08

The Iceman was an amazing, gritty, and gruesome movie that portrays death unlike other films. Michael Shannon continues to showcase his acting prowess as Richard Kuklinski. As Kuklinski continues to kill he becomes increasingly addicted by his gruesome actions, and like most addicts Kuklinski has masterfully concealed his secret life from his loved ones. But unlike other psychopathic killers, Kiklinski is motivated by a basic human trait, which is to support his family. Although being a hit-man is not an ideal profession, it does have a huge cash reward.

The movie does an excellent job portraying Kuklinski's tragic dilemma and to top things off Shannon's chilling performance glued me to the edge of my sofa.

But this film does have some faults. Some of the secondary characters are a bit shallow and some scenes tend to drag on a little bit. But these are just little knit picks to an overall outstanding movie.

score 9/10

bjhomeboy08 19 December 2013

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2925187/