Release ĭavi, Dorff, and Shannon promoting the film at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival Shannon's portrayal of Kuklinski includes the authentic voice Kuklinski had, as evidenced by his interviews with HBO in their 1993 documentary Conversations with a Killer. Ryan O'Nan as Terry Franzo (based on George Malliband)įilming took place in Los Angeles, California, New York City and Shreveport, Louisiana.Robert Davi as Leo Merks (based on Anthony Gaggi).David Schwimmer as Josh Rosenthal (based on Chris Rosenberg).Freezy" Pronge (based on Robert "Mister Softee" Prongay) Winona Ryder as Deborah Kuklinski (based on Barbara Kuklinski).In 2006, he dies in a prison hospital, from a rare inflammatory disease.
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As the movie ends, Kuklinski's only regret is hurting his family through the crimes he committed. After being sentenced to two life terms in prison, he never sees his wife and daughters again.
Kuklinski admits to having committed over 100 murders, both for personal reasons and for profit, in his 22-year career. Neither his wife nor his daughters had ever suspected him of being a killer. Both Kuklinski and Freezy have to go on the run to escape DeMeo, but Kuklinski kills Freezy for insisting they kill each others families to prevent them from talking to the police.įollowing an undercover sting operation, Kuklinski is arrested in 1986. Kuklinski's daughter is hospitalized after a hit and run by DeMeo. He refuses to pay anything, prompting Kuklinski to shoot him dead. Kuklinski then goes to Leo Merks to collect the bounty money, but Leo is furious that the job was not untraceable. DeMeo finds out about the hits Kuklinski has been doing behind his back and threatens to kill his family if they ever cross paths again. DeMeo's boss Leo Merks hires Freezy to kill one of DeMeo's associates, which Kuklinski does by poisoning him with cyanide.
He starts becoming incapable of hiding his inner rage and shows bursts of anger towards his wife and strangers. Kuklinski home life is beginning to unravel. Needing money, he makes a deal with Freezy to carry out his murder contracts for him in return for half the bounties. DeMeo, already involved in a dispute with the Cali Cartel, is furious when he learns what happened and decommissions Kuklinski indefinitely. Freezy, a freelance hitman also hired by DeMeo, almost kills her, but is stopped by Kuklinski. He is ordered to kill a man who betrayed DeMeo, but finds a teenage girl in the closet afterwards. In 1975, Kuklinski moves his family into a nice suburban home and starts telling people he works at a currency trading company. DeMeo tests Kuklinski by having him kill a homeless man then hires him as an enforcer and contract killer. The mob-backed company he works for is shut down by Roy DeMeo, a powerful New York City gangster. Kuklinski works dubbing pornographic films, but tells his wife he dubs cartoons. His brother is serving a life sentence in prison for raping and murdering a 12-year old girl. As a boy he and his younger brother were the subject of brutal beatings from their immigrant Polish father, shaping the boys into emotionally disturbed, sadistic young men.
Kuklinski presents himself to everyone as a normal working man, but he has a dark, violent side that he hides. Kuklinski marries Deborah in 1964 and the couple have two daughters. When a man insults Richard Kuklinski's fiancé during a game of pool, he follows the man to his car and murders him by slashing his throat.
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