The Iceman is a big disappointment. The real life story material was rich and just waiting to be mined, but the writer and director weren't up to the task. It should have been easy. Instead we get a series of separate scenes strung together. Here's an example. Out of nowhere Stephen Dorff appears as Richard Kuklinski's imprisoned brother. Kuklinski visits him in prison. Since we don't know anything about him the dialog in this scene has to explain who he is and why he's in prison ("You killed a little girl!"). Then Dorff rants and raves and screams and pleads. When Kuklinski walks out that's the last that's seen of him. *Why is that scene even in this movie?* It does nothing to carry the story along. I watched "The Iceman" partly because of Winona Ryder, but all they gave her to do was, "You're the wife. React like one."
2005's "The Hunt for the BTK Killer" is the polar opposite of this bad movie. It is a much better film, with well developed characters and some real insight into the mind of a serial killer. I had seen it before this one, and this one doesn't come anywhere close to measuring up. Watch that one, not this one.
2005's "The Hunt for the BTK Killer" is the polar opposite of this bad movie. It is a much better film, with well developed characters and some real insight into the mind of a serial killer. I had seen it before this one, and this one doesn't come anywhere close to measuring up. Watch that one, not this one.