The Big Bounce is a 2004 American comedy heist film starring Owen Wilson, Charlie Sheen, Sara Foster and Morgan Freeman.

Leonard's novel had previously been adapted for the big screen in a 1969 film of the same name directed by Alex March and starring Ryan O'Neal.

Jack Ryan, a surfer and small-time thief, has a fight with the intimidating Lou Harris, involving a baseball bat.

However, Judge Walter Crewes takes a liking to Jack and offers him a place to stay and a job as a handyman at a small resort of beach-front bungalows that he owns.

Jack arrives to find Ritchie face down motionless and his friend Frank shot and lifeless (although he does jump up and run off moments after he's hit the ground, only wounded superficially).

He departs with the money and the beautiful vacationer from bungalow number 9 that he met while working at Judge Crewe's resort.

[citation needed] George Armitage was given a copy of Sebastian Gutirrez's script by Steve Bing, who became a producer on the film.

[4]On Rotten Tomatoes The Big Bounce has an approval rating of 16% based on 135 reviews, with an average score of 4.20/10.

The site's consensus states: "Lazily crafted and light on substance, The Big Bounce takes few chances and strands its promising cast in a subpar adaptation that fails to do its source material justice.

[8] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "D" on scale of A to F.[9] Joe Leydon of Variety called it a "Modestly engaging, albeit instantly forgettable shaggy-dog story only gradually reveals itself as a seriocomic take on standard-issue noir.

"[10] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 2 out of 4 and although he enjoyed the characters he was critical of the lack of focus "The movie doesn't work.