Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

rusoviet This was a good study on what makes the north east fascinating to the rest of America. The reality of New York City is far different than what is shown on new Year's Eve or a film shot on Park Avenue. It is surrounded by decay and poorly built residences. I mention that because what citizens of NYC and its environs tolerate as 'ok' places to eat i.e. diners are in most instances, 'dark, greasy, dusty and old.This is relevant because the scenes throughout the film are similar to "A Most Violent Year" - this film is a solid move away from the nostalgia of 'Goodfellas' or the first two Godfather films.The protagonist Kuklinski is also a result of these dead ends - of bad decisions etc. but also the culture that is 'there'. I totally enjoyed the film - it is well acted and a great performance by Michael Shannon.Non-New Yorkers enjoy the thrill of the: accents used, violence, ethnic culture etc. Finally regardless of 'stake in the game', NYC is slowly dying out while not aware of it. This film will not be the same a mere decade or two moving forward - the future is the demographics of LA.

tattoojunkie There is nothing i would love more to say that this is a brilliant film but its not....its very badly written and has little if nothing to do with the life of The Iceman. However, the lead actors especially Michael Shannon do a fantastic job and their performances are wonderful in the face of such a bad script I know in many ways the book will always be better than the film just due to the info that can be squeezed into it but even that isn't true in this case HUGE swathes of information are missing - the characters are not introduced properly and neither are their relationships to the iceman The film makes him out to be some sort of seedy porn king - this couldn't be further from the truth...no mention of his early life, his brothers death, his parents abuse, his kills that he used for practice, the people he did kill and torture, the poisoning phase, he went through, the domestic abuse between him and his wife...all of this seems to have been ignored by someone who if you ask me hasn't even read the book Hopefully a writer who has read the book will do another screenplay and they'll cast Michael Shannon again and it will be as good if not better than the book!

Leofwine_draca THE ICEMAN is based on the supposed true story of a Mafia hit-man who killed hundreds of people during a period ranging from the 1960s to the 1980s. It's deliberately styled to reflect the 'classic' gangster films of yesteryear, particularly Scorsese's GOODFELLAS, taking place in the same era and even with some of the same cast members (Ray Liotta, here taking the sort of role Robert De Niro would have played back in the day).The protagonist is played by the excellent Michael Shannon, of TV's BOARDWALK EMPIRE, and he helps to make this a grounded, realistic production. I admit I'm biased: I can't get enough of this guy, I love the kooky characters he plays and this is another addition to that fold. There are some great supporting actors in the film too, including an unrecognisable Chris Evans as a psycho (the best I've seen from him) and Robert Davi as another old-time gangster. I spent ages trying to place one character only to realise it was David Schwimmer, a far cry from FRIENDS.The storyline is quite predictable but there's plenty of violence and outrageous situations to keep things bubbling along, and there seems to be little "fat" on the narrative to slow things down. Winona Ryder gets short shrift as Shannon's wife, but then the focus is on executions and the like so family life doesn't count for much. THE ICEMAN is a dark gangster outing and a film I enjoyed greatly.

Adam Foidart Never mind the true story the film is based on, the performances in "The Iceman" alone are reason enough to see the film. In this crime thriller, Michael Shannon plays Richard Kuklinski, a man who's married (Winona Ryder plays his wife Deborah) and has two beautiful daughters. They are completely unaware that he is a ruthless assassin for the mob and has been for years. The film follows the man's life from the beginning of his employment to the mob in the 1960's until his death in 2006.A word ahead of time, I'm basing my review solely on the film, not having done any research on the real-life person. If there are facts in the film that have been fudged, so be it. I'm talking about Richard Kuklinski as portrayed in this movie. That said the fascinating part of this film is Kuklinski himself. You get only limited glimpses into his past, but here's what you know: he's got a brother that's in prison for life, a history of violence (and perhaps even murder) and he had an abusive father. What I liked is that even though you follow the man for a significant part of his life (minus a few jumps in time) you're still left wondering who he is, but in a good way. The reason why they call him "The Iceman" is because of the way he froze dead bodies to throw off police investigations, but that nickname could have been used to describe his personality. The man is absolutely ruthless. He will kill anyone in the blink of an eye in a way that's almost reckless. It's as if he has no sense of self-preservation or control, except for when it comes to his family. One thing I hate above all when it comes to movies about killers is when they come up with a lame explanation about what makes them able to kill. I think back at Rob Zombie's "Halloween" and how it did absolutely everything wrong because it over explained everything. Here, you get just enough to feel like you can kind of get close to the key, but not so close that you would be comfortable around him. That's the way to do it.Another element that I really enjoyed is the strange relationship that Kuklinski has with his family. Throughout the film, he insists many times that he does not care about anything aside from his wife and daughters. This man was not a serial killer because killing didn't seem to particularly excite him and it was not to get any form of attention, it's just that he was good at murder and since it didn't affect him emotionally at all, he just kept doing it. He is a strange paradox in the sense that on the one hand, he wants to have a normal life with a family and a house and in a way I feel like he would have wanted to have quiet life running or being employed at a regular place of legitimate business but he refuses to do anything but high-paying jobs that include murder. Because of his enigmatic nature and a fantastic performance from Michael Shannon, you are compelled to keep watching, even as you become disgusted by the man.This is a solid film filled with top-notch performances. Winona Ryder does well in the role of Kuklinski's wife, a mousy woman that falls in love with him and never suspects what her husband actually does for a living. Ray Liotta plays a mob boss, a role he's familiar with but is always compelling in. Probably the biggest surprise in the film is Chris Evans, whose character I don't want to talk about too much because it would be spoiling things, but the actor is nearly unrecognizable in the role. I found it very interesting, once the film was over to compare his character to Michael Shannon's, particularly towards the end. Did he think of Kuklinsi as a friend? Did he think they might be kindred spirits? Long after the film ended, the "hero" of this picture will stick with you and you'll want to discuss it with a friend. It's a little frustrating that the film feels like such a tiny glimpse in a rather infamous career (apparently there were at least a hundred murders committed by Kuklinski) but for the performances and the fascinating, if incomplete slice of life that we get here I wholeheartedly recommend you catch "The Iceman". (On Blu-ray, January 29, 2014)