The two are then kidnapped by Gabriel, Ashley’s gang leader brother. They go to a diner then have sex in a cabin. Upon release, Rudy poses as Nick and meets Ashley. A fight then breaks out in the prison, and Nick is supposedly killed while protecting Rudy. He plans to meet Ashley after being released, while Rudy wants to join his family in Sidnaw for Christmas. Nick has been exchanging letters with a young woman named Ashley Mercer, although they have never met.
In a prison near Iron Mountain, Michigan, cellmates Nick Cassidy and Rudy Duncan are two days from release. It received generally negative critical reception and was a box office failure, grossing $32 million against a budget of $42 million. Reindeer Games was released by Miramax Films on February 25, 2000. The film revolves around ex-convict Rudy Duncan, who is dragged into a situation against his will: he must help a group of thieves rob a casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, or he will be killed. It stars Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, James Frain, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo and Clarence Williams III. Reindeer Games (alternatively titled Deception) is a 2000 American action crime thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer in his final feature directorial outing before his 2002 death.