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Reindeer Games
The Legend:
Embracing every stereotype that Hollywood could muster, these talented folks set out to make a movie.
And while I've always appreciated most of there work, this film just never ceased to disappoint me.
What can I say about this film...
Well, I guess I could say that Ben Affleck should stick to his twenty-something, self-exploration
roles, because he really didn't convince me that he was a car-theif, or an ex-con. I can tell you
that it was kind of diffent seeing a pissed-off, psychopathic Lieutenant Dan (I guess Gary Sinise is still coping
with not get Gary Oldman's role in The Professional). I can tell you that Charlize Theron
has nice boobies. And that's about all I can tell you about Reindeer Games.
I can only blame John Frankenheimer, the man responsible for directing this mess, because even with Ben Affleck's
very natural and down to earth acting style, Frankenheimer still managed to get Affleck to overact, and borrow
from every successful performance he's ever done in the process. What we're left with is a group of
characatures instead of characters.
Not to spoil the "suspense", but let me ask you this. If you had an opportunity to escape from a group of
homicidal maniacs who were going to force you to commit a crime, would you take
it or go back to your hotel room and pretend everything was fine. And let me also ask you this: If you were
a homicidal maniac planning
on knocking over a casino, how much crap would you put up with before you just capped the jerk that was screwing with you.
I'm not condoning violence here, but someone should put this tired film out of it's misery.
The final bullet in this run down horse is the over use of plot twists that add nothing to the movie,
and an ending that will leave you in a quasi-vegatative state.(Well, my wife passed out from sheer bordom,
but my dedication to you my loyal readers, had me plucking nipple hairs out to stay awake)
Someone should tell Rudolph he really shouldn't feel so bad about being left out.
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