I am so confused after watching this movie. This is a movie about a con job, yet everybody gets conned. Everybody wins, and the only person to get the money is the guy who was conned the most. This movie sucks, yet I want people to see it. Maybe they can explain it to me.

"The Big Bounce" is a remake of a 1969 movie, same name, based on a book by Elmore Leonard. The modern version takes place in Hawaii where small time crook Jack Ryan, played by Owen Wilson (Starsky and Hutch), is fired by the foreman of a construction company, building a hotel on sacred native islander ground. Jack is thrown in jail after breaking the jaw of said foreman and is released by police on the word of a judge, and fellow hotel owner, Walter Crews, played by Morgan Freeman (Bruce Almighty). He then meets the judge and is offered a job as a handyman at his hotel.

During that time, Jack meets Nancy Hayes, played by Sara Foster (D.E.B.S.), who is the abused girlfriend of Ray Ritchie, played by Gary Sinise (Apollo 13), the original hotel owner Ryan was fired from helping build. Simple, isn't it? Well, Sara convinces Jack to steal $250,000 of Ray's money so they can run off together, living happily ever after. Yet, it turns out he is setting up Jack with the help of Walter and Ray's wife, Alison, played by Bebe Neuwirth (How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days).

In the end Ray gets killed, Walter and Alison live happily ever after, Nancy is wandering around, alone, and Jack gets all of the money as well as some girl in cabana #9 we don't even know. You see what I mean?

I can't understand why any of the actors of talent, Sinise and Freeman, would want to do this movie. They have established themselves, and they don't need to work on crap like this. I can understand Wilson doing it, because he is the main star and not teaming up with someone. This is also Sara Foster's first movie after coming over from the modeling world, so I can see why she did it too. However, I am starting to get concerned about Freeman. He seems to be picking the crappiest movies to do lately--this and "Dreamchatcher", and its scary. He is an Academy Award® nominated actor. He doesn't need to do this.

I would be remised if I did not mention the director George Armitage and screenwriter Sebastian Gutierrez. Armitage directed "Grosse Pointe Blank" in 1997, which I liked, so I am hoping this is a mistake. The directing just didn't seem to be there. The actors seem to be un enthused, and I really couldn't wait for the movie to be over. Gutierrez has recently written the screenplay for "Gothika," and since I have heard good things about it, I assume this is also an anomaly. Characters had no depth. I didn't care about a single one of them, and the plot wondered without making sense, especially the ending.

I haven't read the book, so I don't know if IT is the problem. I am guessing the producers did not want to spend a lot of money and left a lot of information out, because this film is a complete waist. The book had two movies made based on it.

This is not a good film, but go ahead a see it and explain it too me. Just watch it when you are sick with a cold or stomach flu. That way, you cant feel any worse.

Brian - the Naked Gun