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Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
Written by | Ehren Kruger |
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Cinematography | Alan Caso |
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Music by | Alan Silvestri |
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Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $42 million[1] |
Box office | $32.2 million[1] |
Reindeer Games (alternatively titled Deception)[2] is a 2000 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer in his final feature directorial outing before his 2002 death. It stars Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, James Frain, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, and Clarence Williams III. The film revolves around ex-convict Rudy Duncan, who is dragged into a situation against his will: he must help a group of thieves rob a casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, or he will be killed.
Reindeer Games was released by Miramax Films on February 25, 2000. It received generally negative critical reception and was a box office failure, grossing $32 million against a budget of $42 million.