The Iceman - Confessions of a Mafia Hitman

The Iceman - Confessions of a Mafia Hitman


Starring:America Undercover
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The Iceman is an appropriate title for this pair of HBO specials, because the words of former Mafia enforcer Richard Kuklinski will chill you to the bone. Speaking in the monotonous drone of a man who has numbed himself with remorseless brutality, Kuklinski was first interviewed in 1991, five years after receiving consecutive life sentences for multiple murders. Specializing in the tidy use of cyanide, Kuklinski lived a double life, like the fictional hitmen in The Sopranos and Road to Perdition, passing as a "businessman" and devoted husband and father. He describes numerous killings in graphic detail, expressing nearly tearful regret only when lamenting the deception of his family. A vicious product of child abuse, Kuklinski was visited again by HBO in 2001, but this shameless redundancy was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the Sopranos phenomenon. Fascinating as a firsthand record of Mafia killing, these otherwise unsavory interviews serve little purpose beyond morbid exploitation. --Jeff Shannon
The Iceman - Confessions of a Mafia Hitman
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Starring: America Undercover
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000687CY
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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The Iceman is an appropriate title for this pair of HBO specials, because the words of former Mafia enforcer Richard Kuklinski will chill you to the bone. Speaking in the monotonous drone of a man who has numbed himself with remorseless brutality, Kuklinski was first interviewed in 1991, five years after receiving consecutive life sentences for multiple murders. Specializing in the tidy use of cyanide, Kuklinski lived a double life, like the fictional hitmen in The Sopranos and Road to Perdition, passing as a "businessman" and devoted husband and father. He describes numerous killings in graphic detail, expressing nearly tearful regret only when lamenting the deception of his family. A vicious product of child abuse, Kuklinski was visited again by HBO in 2001, but this shameless redundancy was an obvious attempt to capitalize on the Sopranos phenomenon. Fascinating as a firsthand record of Mafia killing, these otherwise unsavory interviews serve little purpose beyond morbid exploitation. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Iceman - Confessions of a Mafia Hitman.......2007-06-02

Truly frightening person brought into your home through video - a ruthless killer captured on tape as lessons to us all of what this world can breed.

1 out of 5 stars iceman.......2007-05-14

i never received it and have already been charged for it. can you help me,

5 out of 5 stars Interesting!!.......2007-05-13

It was really interestinf listening to this man talk about all the victims, besides you can create a profil of killers, noticing that when their parents ar mean an hit them a lot they can take a wrong way in wanting to take their anger on to other people.

5 out of 5 stars Confession of a Mafia Hitman.......2007-05-08

This was amazing. Well worth getting and sharing. There are 3 interviews on this DVD - All startling, interesting, and thoughtful. You never really get what made the man but you get a cold sense of what's inside the guy. Careful..don't let the kids watch this. The crimes are just too intense for the kids.

5 out of 5 stars The Iceman - Confessions of a Mafia Hitman.......2007-05-06

A wonderfully interesting interview with a man without a conscience who truly felt he was just doing a job. This interview was deeply involved with Richard Kuklinski's emotions, or lack thereof. An eye-opening interview if you are a crime afficiando. Those with a weak constitution may not want to view this cold-hearted killer talking about his life of crime.

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