Synopsis
A burglar looking to make time with a beautiful woman after five years in prison falls into a dangerous trap in this action drama. Rudy (Ben Affleck) is serving time in prison for auto theft, where he becomes friendly with his cellmate Nick (James Frain). Nick has been enjoying a spicy courtship by mail with a woman named Ashley (Charlize Theron), who has sent him several enticing photos, even though he has been unable to send her any of himself. Rudy and Nick are to be released the same day, but Nick is killed in an altercation with only three days left to serve. Rudy is let out on schedule, and discovers Ashley, unaware that Nick is dead, is waiting for him. Swayed by her beauty, Rudy claims to be Nick, which turn out to be fun until Rudy meets Ashley's brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise). Gabriel runs with a group of outlaws planning on using Nick's knowledge of an Indian gambling casino in Michigan where he once worked in order to stage a massive robbery on Christmas Eve. Rudy soon realizes if keeps on being Nick, he gets to stay with Ashley, but he'll also have to go along with Gabriel's robbery, which could easily land him back in prison -- or get him killed. Clarence Williams III, Danny Trejo and Donal Logue play Gabriel's henchmen; Dennis Farina, Isaac Hayes, and Ashton Kutcher also highlight the supporting cast.
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COMING SOON: Ben Affleck Plays 'Reindeer Games'
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2000 -- Didn't get enough of Ben Affleck in "Boiler Room"? Well, not to worry, for said heartthrob actor pretty much achieves multiplex ubiquity this Friday with the much-delayed bowing of "Reindeer Games."
In the John Frankenheimer-directed flick, Affleck plays an ex-con, fresh out of the slammer, who's coerced by his ex-cellmate (Gary Sinise) to pull one last heist on the night before Christmas -- which explains the scene in the trailer where a bunch of Santa Clauseses are walking in, or out, of, well, somewhere. But what the Xmas angle doesn't explain is why the studio (Miramax's Dimension Films in this case) kicked the film's original release date of December 1999 all the way back to mid-February. (Saving the best for last? Or, well, mid-winter?)
Here's a look at the other films opening this week:
-- Going up against Affleck and