Michael Shannon's THE ICEMAN

[Project862006]

Richard Kuklinsky, son of a brutal, alcoholic father who came home only infrequently and a mother who vented her resentment on her children, grew up to be an efficient mass murderer. By the time of his trial in 1988 at age 53 he had killed upwards of 100 men by shooting, stabbing, choking or poisoning them. Kuklinsky, a New Jersey family man with two daughters and a son, was finally brought to justice through the efforts of Special Agent Dominick Polifrone of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, working with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey State Police. The “Ice Man” will not be eligible for parole until he is 111 years old. Bruno ( Bad Blood ) has done an excellent job of re-creating the tension and stress Polifrone experienced in fulfilling his risky undercover assignment.

 

[Figs]

Wasn't this the role Mickey Rourke was up for a few years back? Either way it's cool that Shannon is in it.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

It was years and years ago, but I watched two documentaries on that guy, that had interviews with him in prison, very matter of factly telling the story of his life.
I don't recall the details, but I recall he definitely had an interesting enough life to base a movie on, lol.
edit: I remember him telling the story of how some mafia guys had heard of how he was totally fearless, and recruited him on that basis. He didn't grow up connected to the mafia, they had just heard about some stuff he had done to some guys who had messed with him or something, and said they needed guys like him.
Also, his nickname came from his technique of disposing bodies, which gave the fbi a lot of trouble identifying the time of death, basically made it impossible, he'd freeze the bodies and store them for a while and stuff, can't recall exactly.

 

[Project862006]

Wasn't this the role Mickey Rourke was up for a few years back? Either way it's cool that Shannon is in it.

^actually thats a different project

 

[Laderlappen]

Never really liked Shannon, but I was impressed by him in Take Shelter.

 

[Ken-Kaniff]

^^ He is also great in Boardwalk Empire! And I can't wait to see him aswell in the new Superman movie!

Looking forward to see this one.

 

[Eddie Dean]

So this isn't about the X-Men character?

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Looks good, I'm beginning to become a solid fan of his so I'll definitely be seeing it.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

The two documentaries I watched years ago are on youtube, if you are gonna watch one, watch the one where he is interviewed by the psychiatrist, it's much better, as he comes up with some very interesting questions and conclusions.
He says that there are some people who are genetically born with a capacity to be fearless, if these people are brought up by loving parents, then they have a good chance of using that capacity for good, they'll go into law enforcement, firefighting etc etc..but since the Iceman had such a brutal abusive childhood, where he knew no love, and only vicious uncalled for beatings, he became prime fodder for the mafia to recruit as a hit-man.

this is actually one of those dangerous movies to make i think, it could end up being one of those ones that real life crooks sit around watching like he is a superhero or something.
I guess it will depend on how they approach it, but looking at that tagline, it looks like they are gonna be painting him as a 'good' killer, y'know, he blew that guy's brains out with a shotgun cause he owed money, but he made sure to wash the brains out of his suit before he got home in time to wrap the Christmas presents, because he loved his family.

 

[moviedoors]

I don't see how that tagline makes it sound like he's going to be a good killer. It's just the truth. He was a devoted father and loving husband. It doesn't mean he wasn't a scary man who did some awful things. It's that aspect of the story that makes it worth telling.

 

[terry78]

I doubt it will be Dexter: The Movie.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

So this isn't about the X-Men character?

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Yes, he loved his family, but if you watch the doc with the psychiatrist, the iceman admits there was domestic abuse, he would hit his wife, and his daughter hated him for it. He was ****ed up because he had parents whose cruel and unusual abusive treatment of him turned him into a monster, and this also reached into his family life to an extent.
I guess they will probably touch on that though, but, y'know, he was a guy who loved his family, so what? We see lots of mafia movies that are the same kind of story, monsters in their line of work, but they have the same kind of regular family love and concerns at home.

 

[Project862006]

 

[Thundarr]

It was years and years ago, but I watched two documentaries on that guy, that had interviews with him in prison, very matter of factly telling the story of his life.
I don't recall the details, but I recall he definitely had an interesting enough life to base a movie on, lol.
edit: I remember him telling the story of how some mafia guys had heard of how he was totally fearless, and recruited him on that basis. He didn't grow up connected to the mafia, they had just heard about some stuff he had done to some guys who had messed with him or something, and said they needed guys like him.
Also, his nickname came from his technique of disposing bodies, which gave the fbi a lot of trouble identifying the time of death, basically made it impossible, he'd freeze the bodies and store them for a while and stuff, can't recall exactly.

They didn't discover that until one time when he neglected to fully defrost the body before dumping it.

And, as a side note, it was from watching this documentary that inspired Steve Austin to develope his "Stone Cold" persona.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Whoa... General Zod as Iceman starring alongside the former Human Torch and current Captain America.

MIND BLOWN.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Consider me interested.

 

[psylockolussus]

So this isn't about the X-Men character?

Thats what I thought when I first heard the movie title.

 

[Project862006]

New Photos

 

[terry78]

Yeah, this is getting watched.

 

[Gianakin_]

How much more can he look like DeNiro in Heat in that 1st pic?

 

[Ultimatehero]

This film was GREAT. And I was really surprised by Evans here. 8-9/10.