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Reindeer Games

2000, Movie, R, 105 mins

Reindeer Games: Review

REINDEER GAMES
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Professional car thief Rudy (Ben Affleck) was never much for the holidays, cynical neo-noir type guy that he is. But he and cellmate Nick (James Frain) are getting out of jail for Christmas, so they're in a relatively jolly frame of mind. Especially Nick, who'll be meeting the foxy gal who's been writing him soulful mash notes. Then everything goes to hell: Nick takes a fatal shiv meant for Rudy during a cafeteria brawl, and Rudy suckers Nick's dewy pen pal Ashley (Charlize Theron) into thinking he's her newly sprung boyfriend. Karmic payback arrives swiftly, in the form of Ashley's sadistic older brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise, spectacularly pumped up and greasy), who's planning to heist the casino where Nick used to work, and expects Nick to cough up the inside info. Lose/lose situation for Rudy: If he admits he's not Nick, Gabriel will kill him. If he says he is Nick, he'll be tripped up by the fact that he doesn't know a damned thing about the Tomahawk Casino's personnel or operations and Gabriel will kill him anyway. Of course, Rudy will find a way out of this dilemma, but screenwriter Ehren Kruger (who penned the lamentable SCREAM 3) devises a fine set of twists and turns for him to navigate through — suffice it to say that no one is exactly what he (or she) seems. Old pro Frankenheimer directs with brisk efficiency, and cinematographer Alan Caso bleeds so much color out of the snowy Michigan locations that they almost look as though they were shot in black and white. Sure, the plot's preposterous and Affleck is way too callow for a role that would have fit Robert Mitchum like a second-hand suit. But if the idea of goons in Santa suits tickles you, this just might be your kind of cheap, sleazy fun. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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