Reindeer Games (2000)

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 10 7:01

"I read your letters, convict. Don't play no reindeer games with me." Reindeer Games verifies that both actors and directors suffer their substandard career moments. Director Frankenheimer is perhaps largely known for films such as Ronin and The Manchurian Candidate. When it comes to the action/thriller hybrid, Frankenheimer's transcendent direction is largely unrivalled. However, even someone of Frankenheimer's immaculate artistic talent can be let down if a poor script is dropped into his lap. It appears that Reindeer Games inaugurates a new variation of the action/thriller genre: talking aplenty, unnecessarily excessive elucidation, and precious little action. The script is preposterously stupid...simply a mindless assortment of words with no redeeming value at all. If a group of...Read more