Reindeer Games (also known as Deception) 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 but received poor reviews.
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 a...
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Reindeer Games (also known as Deception) 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 but received poor reviews.
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 the casino at which Nick used to work. The film takes a series of twists and turns as Rudy discovers that he has been duped numerous times.
The twists include:
The film was based in Michigan's upper peninsula but was shot in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
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