Introduction
Reindeer Games is an American thriller and stars Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron and many more Hollywood stars. The title is apt because Reindeer Games is a colloquial expression generally used for a gang’s bullying activities, which is what happens to Nick when he is forced into a casino robbery by a powerful clique.
The Main Story
Recently released from prison Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) ’s primary goal is to start a new life with Ashley (Charlize Theron) whom he met when he assumed his cellmate’s identity through pen pal letters. The one problem that will hamper their happiness is her crazy brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise). He is convinced Rudy has inside information about a casino where he once worked, a casino Gabriel and his ruthless gang plan to rob. Winning fairly at big win casinos usa isn’t enough for them, and so a plan is hatched.
Rudy and Ashley are kidnapped by her brother and using the real information from the real Nicks prison cell stories he can devise a plan to rob the casino under duress. The plot thickens when he breaks out of his room one night and stumbles upon Gabriel and Ashley who are in actual fact lovers, not siblings. The casino is robbed, machines à sous and all. Rudy is forced to partake, and lives are lost, and Rudy’s is exposed as an impostor.
Gabriel and Ashley plan to kill Rudy by driving him off a cliff in a burning vehicle with some money, so the officials will think all the stolen money went up in flames with him. Once again, the plan does not go as planned, and Ashley shoots and kills Gabriel, and shortly after, Nick appears.
The Ending
Nick reappears having staged his own death and reveals that the two had collaborated to rob the casino using Rudy, Gabriel and his gang. They set their murderous plan in motion to kill Rudy. However, he has a knife he had gotten earlier, cuts his ties, puts the car in reverse and drives over Nicks legs crushing them. Ashley fires at him, and he drives into her, and she goes over the cliff with the burning car and does the same with Nick. The final scene sees Rudy walking along, stuffing the stolen money into mailboxes on his way home to his family.
