The Iceman

With his uncanny ability to play deranged alpha males, you’d suspect Michael Shannon is a closet sociopath who uses his roles to channel his inner psychosis. The Iceman sees him play Richard Kuklinski, a real-life serial killer turned mafia hitman who, unbeknownst to his wife and daughters, murdered approximately 100 victims over the course of twenty years. Ariel Vromen’s film is a biopic by the numbers and while a few interesting names pop up in the supporting cast, none of them can hold a candle to Shannon. His performance is a cold, unnervingly restrained one, the kind that a young Robert De Niro or Christopher Walken would turn in.

3/5