Reindeer Games
The Trap Is Set. The Game Is On.
Red-hot Hollywood stars Ben Affleck (Shakespeare In Love, Good Will Hunting) and Charlize Theron (The Devil's Advocate, The Cider House Rules) team up with Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Ransom) in this action-packed story of high-stakes crime and deception! Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy (Affleck) impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal, Ashley (Theron). But Rudy's ruse blows up when he realizes that Ashley was double-crossing Nick...and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her dangerously evil brother (Sinise)! Also featuring Clarence Williams III (The General's Daughter, Life), Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn, Con Air) and Dennis Farina (Out Of Sight, Get Shorty) -- don't miss this intensely entertaining, nonstop movie thrill ride!
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Fast-Paced Action - newdaysof
Ben Affleck plays an ex-con who gets tangled up in a messy casino robbery with a bunch of psychotic killers. And the girl he thinks loves him is just using him.
The action is fast-paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat right to the very end. Gary Sinise does a very convincing job playing a crazy killer. The main problem I had with the film is there is way too much swearing, gun-pointing and violence. They could have done the movie without all the violence and it still could have been very exciting.
Overall, it's your typical Hollywood action-thriller-robbery flick. They throw in a bit of humour here and there and it's good for a few laughs. There are a couple of unexpected twists and turns near the end, but it all starts to become a little unbelievable. There were so many times when Affleck's character could have just run away or drove away, but he kept coming back for more.Fun Action Thriller - c4th
Although likeable, Rudy (Ben Affleck) is not a red-nosed reindeer but a convict just released from prison. The games in which he becomes involved are not playful and friendly but violent and deadly. The story begins when he connects under false pretences with his deceased cell mate’s girlfriend (Charlize Theron). Together they become unwilling participants in a brash casino robbery with brutal consequences.
Have fun watching this sexy action thriller with more twists and turns than Santa wiggling his way down the chimney.Ho! Ho! Ho! This Is Fun! - revsdd
Far fetched and increasingly violent as the movie progresses, this is nevertheless a wonderfully entertaining story about mistaken identity.
This paragraph contains some small spoilers, so skip ahead to the next if you prefer not to read them. Ben Affleck plays ex-con Rudy Duncan, who, on his release from prison, tries to connect with the pen-pal girlfriend of his ex-cellmate by pretending to be the ex-cellmate, only to discover that the girlfriend (Ashley, played by Charlize Theron) isn't quite who she seems to be either. She in turn gets him mixed up as a kind of "technical advisor" for a plot to rob a casino on Christmas Eve. Theron gives a wonderful performance throughout, playing what amounts to a variety of roles ranging from innocent young girl to crime boss, depending on who she's interacting with at any given time. The highlight of the movie for me at least was Gary Sinise, offering up his usual powerful performance in a supporting role as Gabriel, who thinks he's the mastermind behind the casino plot, but who is in reality just another of Ashley's pawns.
The movie opens with a shot that definitely captures the attention of the viewer, and it's almost exhausting (and exhilirating at the same time) trying to follow the twists and turns in the plot. This will probably become a regular on the "Christmas movie circuit," even though it's not exactly "peace on earth; goodwill to men." It sure is fun, though.
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Fast-Paced Action - newdaysof
Ben Affleck plays an ex-con who gets tangled up in a messy casino robbery with a bunch of psychotic killers. And the girl he thinks loves him is just using him.
The action is fast-paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat right to the very end. ...Fun Action Thriller - c4th
Although likeable, Rudy (Ben Affleck) is not a red-nosed reindeer but a convict just released from prison. The games in which he becomes involved are not playful and friendly but violent and deadly. The story begins when he connects under false pretences with ...Ho! Ho! Ho! This Is Fun! - revsdd
Far fetched and increasingly violent as the movie progresses, this is nevertheless a wonderfully entertaining story about mistaken identity.
This paragraph contains some small spoilers, so skip ahead to the next if you prefer not to read them. Ben Affleck ...