This is a big screen adaptation of the novel written by Elmore Leonard and is a moral tale of a drifter who is caught between a woman, money and the honourable path all set on the beautiful island of Hawaii. Jack Ryan - played by Owen Wilson - is a con man who spends his time surfing and drifting from place to place. One day he arrives in Hawaii and gets a job caring for a judge, Walter Crewes - played by Morgan Freeman - who is a judge on the island. He meets up with a beautiful woman, Nancy - played by Sara Foster - who is also the lover of Ray Ritchie - played by Gary Sinise - who is a businessman of ill-repute and longtime rival of Judge Crewes. Jack is caught in the middle and has to make a decision between them.