- Actors: Ben Affleck, James Frain, Dana Stubblefield, Mark Acheson, Tom Heaton
- Directors: John Frankenheimer
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Buena Vista
- VHS Release Date: 9 April 2001
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057X1X
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,796 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A solid enough thriller held together by some somewhat implausible plot devices, Deception stars Ben Affleck as Rudy, whose cellmate Nick is lucky enough to be pen-pal to the beautiful Ashley (Charlize Theron) who in turn has pledged herself, body and soul to the man inside whom she has never set eyes upon. Upon his release, Rudy decides to pose as Nick in order to take up with this luscious and adoring female. Unfortunately, the scheme backfires on Rudy when he discovers that Ashley was apparently a pawn in her ruthless brother Monster's game to coerce him into helping him and his gang of gun-runners rob a casino that Nick used to work in. Deception rumbles along at a pretty seedy, violent pace for a long time, with Rudy's efforts to escape resulting in Monster (a menacing Gary Sinise) using him as a dartboard in one memorably brutal scene. Following their raid on the casino, however (clad in Santa outfits), the plot takes a couple of devilish twists and turns which reward the viewer prepared to come this far down the road with these people. The lack of empathy may be redeemed by some viewers with a scene featuring Charlize Theron naked in a pool. --David Stubbs
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Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy ( Ben Affleck) impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to meet Nick's beautiful pen pal. Ashley ( Charlize Theron). But Rudy'sruse blows up when he realizes that Ashley was double- crossing Nick and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her dangerously evil brother ( Gary Sinse).
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Deception is a "Thriller" "Who dunnit" and "Action Adventure" rolled into one. It follows the misfortune of Rudy (Ben Affleck)as he is plunged into a dangerous scam to rob a Casino. It all starts when Rudy's cellmate Nick arranges to meet his penpal Ashley when both he and Rudy get released from jail in three days time. Unfortunatly Nick gets killed. So when Rudy gets out he see's Nick's penpal waiting for him and he feels sorry for her. So he pretends to be Nick. Only Rudy grows to wish he hadn't, Ashley has an extremly aggressive criminal for a brother who has been reading Nick's letters. Unfortunatly for Rudy, in these letters Nick has described in detail how he used to work as a security guard at the Casino, and now Angie's brother won't let Rudy go until he has helped him rob the Casino. The trouble is Rudy has never seen the Casino before in his life............but if he doesn't help he knows it will be the end of his life and confessing that he's not really Nick is not an option. Ashley's brother's not the forgive and forget type. Watch how the action adventure unfolds, with more twists and turns than you can imagine.....!!!!!!!
You're definatly not in for a boring evening if you settle down with this!
You're definatly not in for a boring evening if you settle down with this!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In this movie Ben Affleck plays Rudy a convict due for release. In a twist of fate Rudy takes his cell mates place in hooking up for the first time with Ashley (Rudy's cell mates pen pal). Everything from here on in is a case of Decieve or Decease! I love action movies and this one is a good one with plenty of action and pretty good acting from a well balenced cast.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
also known as ... Reindeer Games. I purchased a twin pack with "The Long Kiss Goodnight" at a cheap price years ago. The film "Reindeer Games" was unknown to me at the time but it was well worth watching. Twists and turns galore and a surprise finale. One for the collection!
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A well made thriller with a spectacular twist at the end...
Also known as Reindeer Games, this film by the late John Frankenheimer received poor reviews when it was first released in 2000. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. P. L. Mooney
A good action film.
This film seems to have gone almost un-noticed, not heard of it before but when I saw the cast, I thought it should be pretty good. Also known as Reindeer games on region 1. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2006 by DVD Fan
well worth a watch
This is a much better film than I thought it would be. Charlize Theron is as beautiful as ever and the film does keep you guessing, which is rare these days.
Well worth buying
Published on 8 Jan 2005
Started well........
....but unfortunately completely lost its way halfway through. This is a shame because they could have done so much with the story at the beginning, but the film is trying to be... Read more
Published on 4 July 2001
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