by Perry Seibert
synopsis
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.
characteristics
- Cons And Scams
- Real-estate-broker
- Real-estate-agent
- Scam
- Swindle
- Unlikely Criminals
- Lie
- Scheme
- Falsehood
- Con/scam
- Con-game
- Dishonesty
- Dishonor Among Thieves
- Con-artist
- Double-cross
