Crime comedy comes up short on extras

A "big bounce," according to cast members in the film of the same name, is that feeling a criminal gets when they pull a big heist. Essentially, a "big bounce" is a thrill.\nWell, sorry, but the special features on "The Big Bounce" DVD hardly live up to the title of the movie. They are lackluster at best, and downright boring at their worst.\nThe movie is decent enough. Based on a book by Elmore Leonard, the genius behind the novel "Get Shorty," "The Big Bounce" is in the same vein -- a light, irreverent crime comedy. This time, the plot involves con man Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson), who ends up working for the town's judge, Walter Crewes (Morgan Freeman). During the course of his work, he meets up with the beautiful Nancy Hayes (Sara Foster), who is the mistress of real-estate tycoon, Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinise), who is also an enemy of Walter. "The Big Bounce" never really lives up to its counterpart "Get Shorty" in terms of style or entertainment value, but it still delivers a few laughs, gorgeous Hawaiian scenery (even though the novel took place in Detroit) and some good acting from screen veterans Wilson, Freeman and Charlie Sheen, as well as from gorgeous newcomer Foster. \nThe extras, however, are disappointing. There's the seemingly mandatory 10-minute documentary that pretty much involves the main actors giving glowing descriptions of the movie, scenery, director, other actors and anything else they can think of to compliment. There's also a slightly more interesting clip about how they filmed the gratuitous amounts of surfing footage stuck in the movie. (After all, you can't have a good movie set in Hawaii without at least a quarter of the footage showing random people surfing.) Finally, adding to the surfing atmosphere is an unnecessarily lengthy featurette showing random people surfing. \nThis film, although entertaining, isn't worth purchasing unless it's in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart. Rent it instead.