I WANT MY MONEY BACK! I should have known to avoid this movie when my friend said something to the effect of "Ben Affleck as an action movie star, yeah right". Reindeer games stars good ol' Ben as a just released convict who gets involved with his dead cell mates pen pal played by Charlize Theron. Soon after he is accosted by a group of thugs lead by Gary Sinise who want Affleckto help them rob a casino because they think he is someone else. That gives me a sequie into one of the many aspects of this film I disliked; the tired mistaken identity gag. Well written scripts can sometimes pull this off and make it a good part of the story. The script wasn't written well. You complete the logic. Next, the film spends 35 minutes building up to the first contact with the bad guys and some action from this "action movie". Even when it got to the "action" there was hardly any to be had. You can make upor low levels of action in an action movie with some tension. No believable tension in this film. Also, the story twists are not suprising and even get corny in thend. Finally, the characters are card board cut outs. I know Sinise can do better and Affleck should just stick to dramas. I actually thought of getting up in the middle of this film and walking out. The best part of this film was the preview for Mission Impossible 2. Stay away, far away. [Out of theatres, thankfully!]
2 out of 10