I really don't have a lot to complain about. It was rough terrain and it was filmed in a way that really helped convey his loneliness, how small he was in a big world and how hard it was to survive. One that stood out was how he wraps a large ember in what appeared to be leaves so that he could transport fire from the village to his campsite while hunting. The costumes were what you'd expect to see for this time period and I liked that they incorporated some of the artifacts found with Otzi's body into the storyline. The actors did well with their roles and really had a way of drawing me into the film. It was easy to interpret what was going on. So, let's start with the fact that there is no need to understand the ancient dialog that is used. This sets Otzi on a path revenge in the final days of his life. He sets out to do some hunting and while he's gone a trio of men rape his woman, burn their homes, kill all but one member of the tribe and steals an important relic. Otzi is a highly regarded member of a small tribe. It's a fictionalized story about the Otzi's days. We can never truly know what Otzi's life was like or what lead to his demise but we can speculate. I loved that someone took the initiative to create this story for Otzi. With emotional impact, writer/director Felix Randau depicts the first unsolved murder case in the history of mankind. Ötzi - The Iceman is one of the oldest and most well-known mummies in the world. When Kelab finally faces the murderers of his clan, his greatest challenge will be not to become a murderer himself. On top of all that, the loneliness causes Kelab to doubt his actions more and more. And a fatal error even turns Kelab from hunter to hunted. He fights for the infant's survival and against the forces of nature. The pursuit of the murderers is shaping up to be quite an odyssey for Kelab. Blinded by pain and fury, Kelab is out for one thing alone - vengeance. The members of the tribe are brutally murdered, among them Kelab's wife and son, only one newborn survives - and Tineka is gone. While Kelab is hunting, the settlement is attacked. It is their leader Kelab's responsibility to be the keeper of the group's holy shrine Tineka.
A Neolithic clan has settled near a creek. Tattoo artist Marc Durrant at MD Tattoo Studio did a mesmerizing job of skillfully bringing the resulting tattoo to life with a palette of over 20 colors.The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. The trip experience informed the design of a tattoo themed around all of this compiled research about Kuklinski. So I located the spot and found ducks – still right there. Of particular interest on my 2012 trip was finding the spot where Richard used to go to feed ducks near his house, something he loved to do in the neighboring community of Demarest. The Tappan Zee was slated for replacement construction that then began in 2013, and is slated for completion in 2017. I explored both sides of the Tappan Zee Bridge north of NYC, where Kuklinski met DeMeo and others in blue collar diners that provided anonymity to casually discuss murder contracts. It was a place Richard was familiar with. Since Kuklinski had worked for Mafia capo Roy DeMeo, I also visited the building that had been DeMeo’s infamous Gemini Lounge in Brooklyn where many murders had occurred. Kuklinski had lived in Dumont for years while he worked as a contract killer for the mafia – something he never involved or ever informed his family about. Seeing what that neighborhood looked like today, finding where his house sits, experiencing what the air and sounds are like there informed my insight in a primary way that complements text and the documentaries can only inform about. In August of 2012 I flew to New Jersey to visit Kuklinski’s former house in Dumont. I also reviewed the three HBO documentary interviews with Kuklinski and began to think about visiting some of the locales mentioned within Carlo’s text. The early spring of 2012 marked a little over a year since my first reading of Philip Carlo’s book “The Ice Man” – a book about the life and times of mafia hit man Richard Kuklinski.