Based on a true story, it's 1964 New Jersey. Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon) works in a lab processing porn. He's the strong silent type dating Deborah Pellicotti (Winona Ryder). He's also a killer. A year later, he's married starting a new family. Mob boss Roy Demeo (Ray Liotta) sees something in Kuklinski and makes him his hit man. Richard continues to lie to his family as he becomes an expert mob killer. Events force him to work independently with another killer Mr. Freezy (Chris Evans). Demeo finds out and threatens everything. The media starts calling the killer 'The Iceman'.
Michael Shannon is an expert at playing the quiet intense guy who explodes. That's what he does here. He's great at what he does. The story of his mob life is surprisingly boring. It lacks tension. The main tension comes from his life with his wife. In the end, this only has Shannon and not much else.
Michael Shannon is an expert at playing the quiet intense guy who explodes. That's what he does here. He's great at what he does. The story of his mob life is surprisingly boring. It lacks tension. The main tension comes from his life with his wife. In the end, this only has Shannon and not much else.