Reindeer Games: The Director's Cut - March 6, 2012 - Review

[KilloWertz]

Reindeer Games: The Director's Cut Blu-ray

Reindeer Games Blu-ray Review

Lionsgate will bring another Miramax catalog title to Blu-ray with its 2012 release of Reindeer Games. The final theatrical feature from acclaimed director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate, Ronin), this thriller centers on Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck, The Town), an ex-convict who, shortly after his release from prison, falls in love with the beautiful Ashley (Charlize Theron, Monster).

However, their burgeoning relationship draws the ire of Ashley's brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump), a career criminal who brutally forces Rudy into planning a casino heist.

This Blu-ray showcases the 124-minute director's cut of the film. While many of the technical specifications are still unknown, the disc will contain the following bonus features:

Audio commentary with John Frankenheimer
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Eight scenes as they appeared in the theatrical cut

Reindeer Games streets on March 6th, 2012.

[Veronica Mars]

This is actually a pretty good film in the guilty pleasure category. I'm sure I'll snag it at some point.

[HyperRealist]

cool I can replace my Alliance copy with butchered aspect ratio

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

cool I can replace my Alliance copy with butchered aspect ratio

Is the Canadian copy the theatrical or the dead director's cut?

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

Is the Canadian copy the theatrical or the dead director's cut?

Its the theatrical cut, so for that reason and the fact that i have mine signed by ben affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Senise, Danny Trejo and Ashton Kutcher (who forgot that he had a small part in it, when i asked him to sign it last year,till i reminded him of it.)I will be keeping my alliance disc and sticking the directors cut in the case with it.

[AlexSing]

Originally Posted by backgroundactorman

Its the theatrical cut, so for that reason and the fact that i have mine signed by ben affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Senise, Danny Trejo and Ashton Kutcher (who forgot that he had a small part in it, when i asked him to sign it last year,till i reminded him of it.)I will be keeping my alliance disc and sticking the directors cut in the case with it.

well let's be fair, he did also forget he was married not so long ago so you can forgive him for forgetting a small part in this movie

[erikilla]

There are monsters in the gelatin!

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Nice! I never did get around to picking this up on dvd. I liked it.

[Sky_Captain]

I thought about it, but abandoned it for the very reasons you mention.

[Akoutroubas]

Any idea what's going on with this?

[Neutron82]

Originally Posted by Akoutroubas

Any idea what's going on with this?

what do you mean?

[Akoutroubas]

Looks out of print.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Akoutroubas

Looks out of print.

It is. All the Miramax BDs released through Lionsgate went OOP.

Paramount seems to be reissuing the best-selling ones first, no idea if this one will get a re-release, or when.

[Akoutroubas]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

It is. All the Miramax BDs released through Lionsgate went OOP.

Paramount seems to be reissuing the best-selling ones first, no idea if this one will get a re-release, or when.

Looks like a new release is coming?

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Akoutroubas

Looks like a new release is coming?

Yep, July 27, looks like it'll be the same disc, just new packaging.

[crutzulee]

My family is always riding me about the time I spend tinkering in the HT to achieve what they consider to be "minor" improvements.
It's always a running joke that they would be perfectly happy to simply pop in a bluray and watch a movie on our living room TV (basic 65" RCA, sound bar) instead of firing up the dedicated theater room.
Last night, in the spirit of giving my latest toy a test run (new DENON amp), I got to choose the christmas themed movie. I picked this because of the DTS HD soundtrack.

A half hour in and they turned on me. My wife and kids decided that the transfer on this bluray was so bad as to be considered unwatchable...lol..There might be hope for them after all.

Seriously, this movie needs an update, hopefully to 4K with ATMOS sound.

[joonskeezle]

Reindeer Games with Charlize Theron?

Dennis Farina?

Ben Affleck? Yes please!

[Mikezilla3k]

GoodBadFlicks did a good video on the film and the Director's cut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAd8NXE8sGA

[Akoutroubas]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

GoodBadFlicks did a good video on the film and the Director's cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAd8NXE8sGA

Rudy you and me man, we can split the money!

[captainsolo]

I saw the new package and as a giant Frankenheimer nerd who has the crummy DC Blu, theatrical DVD and even the poster hoped it was a new transfer finally...of course it isn't. Hopes going back down...