The Big Bounce

There have been some bad movies so far this year, but this one takes the proverbial cake. The movie gets off to a good start, with Owen Wilson hitting somebody in the head with a baseball bat, and that’s it for intriguing moments. Wilson is a dud as the lead in this adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel. Playing a small-time crook getting involved in a big island heist, he’s phoning in his performance. The cast includes the likes of Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Willie Nelson and Charlie Sheen, and they all seem lost. Sara Foster in the femme-fatale role is an amazing-looking actress, with little or no talent for actual acting. The film goes nowhere fast, a surprise considering that it is directed by George Armitage, responsible for the very good Grosse Pointe Blank. A monumental mess.