Reindeer Games
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Produced by | Marty Katz Chris Moore Bob Weinstein |
| Written by | Ehren Kruger |
| Starring | Ben Affleck Gary Sinise Charlize Theron |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Alan Caso |
| Editing by | Antony Gibbs Michael Kahn |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
| Release date(s) | February 25, 2000 |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $36 million USD |
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Reindeer Games (known as Deception in the UK) is a 2000 movie, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, and Charlize Theron. It was Frankenheimer's final theatrically released film. This was shot in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The Native American characters who are an Old Governor and a Bartender (Gordon Tootoosis with his North of 60 co-star Jimmy Herman) do not talk in this live-action film.
Upon its release, the movie was met with generally poor reviews and failed to achieve commercial success. Theron remarked that it was a "bad, bad, bad movie," selecting it as her worst film.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Nick and Rudy are cellmates in prison. Nick has been corresponding with a young woman named Ashley Mercer, who is waiting for him on the outside. But when Nick is killed during a prison uprising, Rudy takes his place and lets the beautiful Ashley think he's the one who has been writing her the love letters. Before long, Rudy discovers that pretending to be Nick was not such a good idea after all, as some fellow criminals intend to use him for their own purposes - robbing a casino that Nick used to work at. The film takes a series of twists and turns as Rudy discovers that he has been duped numerous times and that Nick is alive.
The twists include:
- Gabriel, the leader of the gang who assaults Rudy and Ashley in the cabin, claims to be Ashley's brother, rather than an old enemy of Nick's as Rudy initially assumes.
- Ashley knew that Gabriel was going to kidnap and force Rudy to assist in the robbery, rather than being surprised at Gabriel's abduction of Rudy.
- Ashley is sleeping with, and in cahoots with Gabriel, rather than being the reluctant, abused sister that Rudy thinks she is.
- The PowWow safe contains assault rifles, not embezzled money as Rudy said all along. The earlier scene where the tribal elders discussed how the casino was not making nearly as much money as other tribes' casinos was a red herring.
- Nick is alive, rather than having been killed in prison as Rudy was led to believe.
- Ashley is Nick's old girlfriend, not Gabriel's sister. She met Gabriel at a truck stop.
- Ashley was not in cahoots with Gabriel, she was manipulating him to rob the casino so she could steal the money, kill him, and run off with Nick.
[edit] Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ben Affleck | Rudy Duncan |
| Charlize Theron | Ashley Mercer |
| James Frain | Nick Cassidy |
| Gary Sinise | Gabriel Mercer |
| Clarence Williams III | Merlin |
| Ron Jeremy | Prisoner #1 (as Ron Hyatt) |
| Ashton Kutcher | College Kid |
| Donal Logue | Pug |
| Ron Perkins | Ice Fisherman |
| Dennis Farina | Jack Bangs |
| Dana Stubblefield | The Alamo |
| Isaac Hayes | Zook |
| Danny Trejo | Jumpy |
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