In the 1960s Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career. Unfortunately mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert Mr. Freezy Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him.
Review
Having read Philip Carlo's biography of Richard Kuklinski 'The Ice Man Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer' I can say that Ariel Vromen's big screen adaptation 'The Iceman' is a big disappointment. While the author had a habit of repeating himself and some of Richard's recollections seemed rather dubious in places Carlo's lengthy book was an engrossing read I enjoyed it very much.