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The Iceman (2012)

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The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

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The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

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Loving husband. Devoted father. Ruthless killer.

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Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content | See all certifications »

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2 May 2013 (Argentina)  »

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$10,000,000 (estimated)

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$87,946 (USA) (3 May 2013)

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$762,885 (USA) (17 May 2013)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as Deborah Kuklinski, but dropped out due to pregnancy. She was replaced by Winona Ryder. See more »

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Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.137 (2013) See more »

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"It's Christmas Time"
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A great story ruined!?!? OR did we (or just me) expect too much???
20 May 2013 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I had to drive over 70miles one way to watch this movie and was it worth it? Hard to say if one watched "the iceman tapes" from HBO. To me personally it was disappointing, but I probably expected way too much. So lower your expectations and you will have a nice evening in the cinema.

Shannon is great, superb, I guess nobody could have played him better, but the editing, the storytelling is very abrupt and a bit too edgy. Its not a good fellas, its not even close to it, don't expect even a mob flick. Its an OK movie that had so much more potential. YET it is still worth watching since you don't see movies like that nowadays very often.

The potential of the story would have been an 11, this movie is a 7 with an extra point for Shannons performance. And in relevance I should mention that I would give broken city a 3.5, gangster squad a 4.5, so I guess people who watch this movie with not so high expectations will love it!

PS. No "the iceman" did NOT got his nick because he was so cold, like another reviewer wrote, but because he froze a body for two years. The officials gave him then that name. All this is well known through the "iceman tapes".


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