Despite all the flaws was a pretty decent movie

The best thing, the invented plan.

“And sometimes you do _Reindeer Games_.” Affleck may be the bomb in _Phantoms_, but he totally phones it in in the holiday thriller _Reindeer Games_. When Rudy Duncan’s cellmate, Nick Cassidy, is killed two days before his release Rudy assumes his identity and hooks up with Nick’s girlfriend, but he’s soon kidnapped by her brother and forced to help him pull off a casino robbery. The film has a pretty solid cast (besides Ben Affleck) that includes Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Danny Trejo, and Dennis Farina. But the script is replete with problems; the dialog in particular is pretty bad. However, if you can get past the script issues and the weak acting, there’s a fairly interesting heist story with some good twists and surprises. While _Reindeer Games_ has its issues, it’s entertaining and delivers some fun thrills.

I like the close up face shots, no where near perfect but a fun movie with some good shots.

Really liked this. My type of xmas movie. A movie at xmas, with xmas theme but not specifically about xmas. Don't get the hate. Thought it was really good - nice twists and turns. The shivering acting was a bit cringe from Affleck. Shame the transfer is so terrible though - could do with a re-scan at 4k