Director's posthumous "Reindeer Game"

Pablo 2022-02-16 08:02:23

Speaking of the name John Frankheimer, it may be unfamiliar to most people. I think that back then, whether it was "Battle Train" co-produced by a famous director, Arthur Payne, or "Dr. Strange Love", it was comparable to "Dr. Strange Love". Seven Days in May, the Cold War classic "Manchurian Candidate", "Thunderbolt Kamikaze" in "The Hardest Car Chase", "Second Life" in the "Super Experimental Movie", or inspirational The edition of ``Shawshank's "Alcatez's Bird Breeder" all marked that he became one of the representative directors of 60S, which was the peak period of his creation. But he prefers to make action movies (this is also the only type of movie he has ever shot after 60s. Of course, you can also say that the "Prophecy" can't be included in it.)! But sometimes it is probably ``accidental filming'' to produce masterpieces. The irony is that almost all of his most failed works in the director Shengya are from action movies, so that it was not until 1998 that "Ruroin" slightly saved him a little face. .
And this film has become a masterpiece of the shortcomings of all his action movies. It has a small format, a drag narrative, and a story that is either cliché or brainless. I originally wanted to praise the inmates for their reversal, but I was caught by the male protagonist.'' "Giving money" is an idiot to "welcome back to the values ​​of the masses" and it is exploded. Coupled with the paralyzed big book and stingy scenes (FUCK! Actually there is no car chase scene that Frankheimer is best at.), even if the dew point of Sister Theron is completely reduced to a bargain produced by the Hollywood assembly line. !
However, even though there are so many shortcomings, I don't know if it is because of the slightly sad and warm Christmas atmosphere in the film, or some of the attractive places, I am still willing to give this film to Samsung in the end. In fact, if you only use it as a bucket of popcorn for consumption time, it can still be swallowed. Of course, eating too much junk food with excessive lead content can be healthy for people. No easy.
Overall rating: 6.0/10.

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Extended Reading
  • Noemy 2022-02-16 08:02:23

    The 124-minute version barely passed. Frankheimer's last big screen movie. The shortcomings are obvious: Daben’s acting skills are too bad, the despair of seeing inmates being killed (by mistake), the panic of being shot at the fingertips, the shaking after losing the temperature... They all acted like a joke, and he was full. The protagonist halo, everyone always talks nonsense when they want to kill the big Ben. The layout is very straightforward. Daben pretended to be a cellmate to visit his pen pal. After the keyword "casino" was put forward, Theron and Dabenti Casino revealed the main-line conspiracy for the first time. However, the bigger conspiracy is: Who does Theron really love? This caused the main storyline to reverse three times, and the audience saw that there was no scolding at the end, it was the acting skills of Theron and Gary Sinis that were supporting it. In addition, some of the details of the movie are quite interesting. Sinis throws darts on him, Frankheimer repeatedly uses half of the A corner close-up and half of the B corner. , Daben broke the ice underwater to rescue Theron, etc., to highlight the liveliness and beauty of the story. Theron revealed two points

  • Isac 2022-04-21 09:02:56

    House-to-house distribution of money causes inflation

Reindeer Games quotes

  • [Gabriel tells his life story while playing a game of darts, with Rudy as the dartboard]

    Gabriel Mercer: I've been driving rigs a long time, convict. Four, five million miles of road. Hard road.

    [chuckles]

    Gabriel Mercer: Tell 'em I was tired, shit, they'd just hire someone else. A thousand miles by sundown or the gang don't eat come sunrise.

    Rudy Duncan: Sh-shit!

    [dodges a dart]

    Gabriel Mercer: And every road, every mile, it's nothin' but moms and pops and car-seat kiddies giving me that look... to go to hell and get off their happy goddamn highway. So - So I have worked... and I have slaved, and I have waited... for the highways to split open... and for the rivers to roil and for god in the heavens... to reach down and show me some sign of my reward, to grant me with my gift and say to me, Gabriel, my son, you are done with the road. Well convict, that gift was granted.

    [points to Rudy]

  • [Rudy and Gabriel talk about how they're going to pull off the robbery]

    Rudy Duncan: I can tell you right now, going in there with A.K.s and ski masks ain't gonna do that.

    Gabriel Mercer: [chuckles] Well, that part, Nick, was planned out the day I read your letters.

    Rudy Duncan: Oh, yeah. What? we're all gonna dress up as cowboys?

    Gabriel Mercer: No, no, not cowboys, Nick. Not on Christmas Eve.

    [Gabriel and Merlin open a closet full of Santa Claus outfits]

    Rudy Duncan: You gotta be kidding me.

    Gabriel Mercer: Tis the season, convict.

    Merlin: Ho... Ho, ho.