Reindeer Games (Deception) (2000)

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• Manu G

  
  The trap is set. The game is on. Good movie. This film was entertaining and had a real good story with a very great ending I must say. Really good cast to go along a very good movie is priceless. After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan (Ben… More
  The trap is set. The game is on. Good movie. This film was entertaining and had a real good story with a very great ending I must say. Really good cast to go along a very good movie is priceless. After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are finally going to be paroled. After hearing endless stories during his incarceration of Nick's romantic correspondence to a woman named Ashley he has never met (Charlize Theron), Rudy is looking forward to returning to his family and having a fresh cup of hot chocolate. When Nick is killed during a prison riot, Rudy decides to assume Nick's identity upon release from prison and meet up with the unknown woman. Burdened with a base knowledge of Nick's Indian casino employment past, Rudy finds himself in too deep with Ashley's brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) and is violently forced to cooperate with a casino robbery that Gabriel and his gang have been planning with Nick in mind.

• Richard C

  
  it was entertaining. B

• Anthony L

  
  A laughable action film that was actually quite entertaining in it's ridiculousness.

• Film C

  
  i really liked this film its amusing and is action packed and not a bad storyline so i really enjoyed it!

• xGary X

  
  Ben Affleck is a car thief who steals the identity of his prison cellmate to woo his pen-pal (not surprisingly considering she's played by Charlize Theron.) Unfortunately he doesn't count on her psychotic brother who is intent on using him in a armed robbery. This likeably… More
  Ben Affleck is a car thief who steals the identity of his prison cellmate to woo his pen-pal (not surprisingly considering she's played by Charlize Theron.) Unfortunately he doesn't count on her psychotic brother who is intent on using him in a armed robbery. This likeably daft heist movie takes a lot of cues from film noir and transplants them into a post Tarantino action film. Affleck is hardly the most charismatic leading man, but with Theron and Gary Sinise's amusing nutjob to play off there's plenty of character dynamics to make up for his shortcomings. It's briskly paced, has just the right combination of action and twists and turns to keep you interested and is tongue in cheek enough to make up for the numerous plot holes. It does lose half a star for it's cornball "happy holidays" epilogue, but otherwise it's a fun slice of trashy nonsense.

• Dean !

  
  A cool fun action film starring the stunning Charlize Theron. A newly released prisoner decides to pretend to be his cellmate when he is due to meet his beautiful pen friend. Things take a twist and he has to do his best to get out of a situation of mistaken identity. Has a good twist… More
  A cool fun action film starring the stunning Charlize Theron. A newly released prisoner decides to pretend to be his cellmate when he is due to meet his beautiful pen friend. Things take a twist and he has to do his best to get out of a situation of mistaken identity. Has a good twist to!

• Dean M

  
  Really cool action-packed and suspense story of an ex-con Ben Affleck who has been double-crossed after he was released from jail. God, Charlize Theron is so bloody hot.

• jay n

  
  starts out okay but falls apart as it goes along.

• Jason S

  
  I thought this was pretty funny and the action was good. Lots of really good actors in the roles as well.

• Nate Z

  
  [font=Arial][color=darkred]Reindeer Games - John Frankenheimer comes off from the heels of the incredibly exciting 'Ronin' with bar-none the BEST car chases ever to direct a muddled Holiday thriller that should've checked its release date sooner on the calendar. Affleck… More
  [font=Arial][color=darkred]Reindeer Games - John Frankenheimer comes off from the heels of the incredibly exciting 'Ronin' with bar-none the BEST car chases ever to direct a muddled Holiday thriller that should've checked its release date sooner on the calendar. Affleck plays a car theif mistaken for his prison cell mate and hijacked to teach a band of greasy diner clowns the ins and outs or casino theivin'. The performances are all adequate, though Gary Sinise as the bad trucker seems a little too 'Deliverance' to me at times. The movie permeates with the feeling all the way through that something interesting is building and will pay off, and then it just gives up and goes for a rediculous and cheap twist ending. Ehren Kruger, the man who threw pot holes of twists in 'Arlington Road' and less effectively in 'Scream 3', writes like someone finishing a deadline paper for a college class - less about characters and conflicys and more about topsy-turvy twists and double crossings. There are some brief encounters with suspense and excitement (and forgive me but the Santa imagery is kinda' nifty) but 'Reindeer Games' can never build toward whatever potential it flashed. So instead of asking why Frankenheimer would helm something like this, ask how Charlize felt doing all her topless scenes in the cold. I know I will.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: C[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Boiler Room - 'Boiler Room' is like a 'Wall Street' for the dot-com kids, hell they even have a scene where they openly quote and recite 'Glengary Glen Ross'. Giovanni Ribisi plays the son of a judge and the head of a gambling front he runs in his home that decides to cut his teeth in the world of stocks and options. 'Boiler Room' begins as an insightful and well-paced inside look toward the cut-throat world that crunches the numbers and keeps the leg of our economy afloat. I find it fascinating that a good base of our economy is based upon round table rumor and the opinions of a select few. But the brash and stirring scenes of the politics of a sell are then given up when the FBI is introduced and Gio tries to take the company out from its dirty inside. The movie then falls to the wayside of entertainment. 'Boiler Room' is a surprisingly engaging film that decides to go down the wrong path.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: B- [/color][/font]

• Dann M

  
  "And sometimes you do Reindeer Games." Affleck may be the bomb in Phantoms, but he totally bombs in Reindeer Games. With a solid cast that includes Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, and Danny Trejo, one would think that this film couldn't go wrong; but… More
  "And sometimes you do Reindeer Games." Affleck may be the bomb in Phantoms, but he totally bombs in Reindeer Games. With a solid cast that includes Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, and Danny Trejo, one would think that this film couldn't go wrong; but somehow they found a way. The script is replete with problems, giving the actors nothing to work with. However, if you can get past the script issues and the weak acting; there's a fairly interesting heist story, with some good twists and surprises. While Reindeer Games is complete garbage, it's also entertaining on a number of levels.

• Joseph E

  
  When you see this morbid crime adventure, you will be thinking two things. "What the hell is going on?" and " Is this film is full of brainless action or what?" Yet there are some scenes that pass as miedocre viewing. This film was very wierd, but it was kind ov… More
  When you see this morbid crime adventure, you will be thinking two things. "What the hell is going on?" and " Is this film is full of brainless action or what?" Yet there are some scenes that pass as miedocre viewing. This film was very wierd, but it was kind ov a film where you are always wondering, and wondering, but the ending was kind of saddeningly, endearing, it made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, the whole opposite during the rest of the 94 something minutes.

• Nicolas K

  
  Inetresting plot, some good action, and rather entertaining.

• Yinalí R

  
  Deception indeed!!! Didn't expect the last part!

• Doctor S

  
  I didn't realize this was directed by Frankenheimer until just now. From 'Manchurian Candidate' and 'Seven Days In May' to this?!?

• Lee K

  
  I liked this that features the always great gary sinese. Good action thriller.

• Adam M

  
  Great thriller,plenty of twists and charlize Theron looks great!

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