Reindeer Games

– After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 44 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Reindeer Games (2000)

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Reindeer Games (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Feb 2000

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Writer:

Ehren Kruger

Main Actors:

Ben Affleck, James Frain, Dana Stubblefield, Mark Acheson

Plot:

After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) is days away from release as is his cellmate Nick (James Frain) who is is serving a two year sentence on a separate charge. Nick has a number of pictures from a romantic correspondence with a woman named Ashley he has never met but is waiting for his release. Rudy is looking forward to returning to his family and having a fresh cup of hot chocolate. Nick is killed defending Rudy during a prison riot. When Rudy Is released the next day from prison he recognizes Ashley waiting outside the prison for Nick and Rudy takes his place and pretends to be Nick. Nick had spoken of his previous employment in security with an Indian casino and Rudy finds himself involved with Ashley's criminal gun runner brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise). Rudy is violently coerced to cooperate with a Christmas Eve casino robbery scheme that Gabriel and his gang have been planning with Nick's casino knowledge as the key. Things don't go as planned with a number of plot twists and double crosses.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Production:

Dimension Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
Metacritic:
37%