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Reindeer Games (2000)

★ 5.7 · 722 ratings on TMDB

The trap is set. The game is on.

Reindeer Games poster★ 5.7

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

DirectorJohn Frankenheimer
CastAshton Kutcher, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Clarence Williams III, Danny Trejo, Dennis Farina
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

Reindeer Games keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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