Reindeer Games (2000)
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				movie info		5: excellent
				ben affleck		4: very good
				charlize theron		3: average
				gary sinise		2: fair
				clarence williams III		1: poor
				martytown rating:		name (required)
				average rating at martytown: 2.00

This movie had a lot going for it (I thought), including Ben Affleck and the always great Charlize Theron. It's the story of an ex-con (Affleck) who convinces his cell mate's pen pal (Theron) that he's the one who was writing to her while in prison. (His cell mate was killed in prison just before he was due to be released.) But Theron's lowlife brother (Sinise) has other plans for Affleck, which include robbing an Indian-run casino in Michigan on Christmas Eve (where Affleck's cellmate previously worked and supposedly knows something about the security setup, etc.). There's some standard suspense, some unlikely situations, complications, etc., etc., and then there's the ridiculous twist at the end. Give me a break. As bad as this movie is, Theron is worth one of my two stars all by herself.
— marty