George Armitage directs this big-screen adaptation of
Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce. Jack Ryan (
Owen Wilson) is an occasional thief who tends to a judge (
Morgan Freeman). A woman involved with Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinese), a real estate developer of questionable ethics, seduces Jack. Ritchie and the judge are old enemies, complicating Jack's moral dilemma when the girls asks Jack to help her double-cross Ritchie. The book was adapted once before with
Ryan O'Neal in the
Owen Wilson role. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide